Title: Persistent "warning" message.
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Persistent "warning" message.

 *  [Dragons Eye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dragons-eye/)
 * (@dragons-eye)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/persistent-warning-message/)
 * Hello.
 * I have this:
 * “Warning: Creating default object from empty value in F:\xampp\htdocs\members\
   wp-content\plugins\rich-text-sidebar-widget\rich-text-sidebar-widget.php on line
   52”
 * * * *
 * Is there a fix for this?
 * I would hate to have to contend with this message displaying on the page when
   I go to deploy my WordPress installation.
 * This is from a “localhost” running copy. I like to preview and “test-drive” my
   web content before I deploy them.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rich-text-sidebar-widget/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rich-text-sidebar-widget/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Dragons Eye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dragons-eye/)
 * (@dragons-eye)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/persistent-warning-message/#post-3333946)
 * To add:
 * Half of the functions will not display.
 * I can not pick font size, etc.
 *  Plugin Author [Tim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/n7studios/)
 * (@n7studios)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/persistent-warning-message/#post-3333980)
 * An update to remove the warning message will appear soon.
 * Meantime, you can ensure that on your live environment you’re not outputting 
   these warnings by ensuring error_reporting is set to E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE:
 * error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);
 * Which half of the functions do not display? The widget doesn’t advertise that
   it provides a “font size, etc” option, and this isn’t included in the WordPress
   Editor by default.
 *  [lorem_ipsum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorem_ipsum/)
 * (@lorem_ipsum)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/persistent-warning-message/#post-3334179)
 * Hi, I do have this message too.
 * >  Warning: Creating default object from empty value in /wp/wp-content/plugins/
   > rich-text-sidebar-widget/rich-text-sidebar-widget.php on line 52.
 * I could of course ajust my error level, but I wont, because I need to know what’s
   wrong on my website. An error, even a notice, should be traited, not hidden.
 *  Thread Starter [Dragons Eye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dragons-eye/)
 * (@dragons-eye)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/persistent-warning-message/#post-3334182)
 * ** Meantime, you can ensure that on your live environment you’re not outputting
   these warnings by ensuring error_reporting is set to E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE:
 * error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE); **
 * I like the thought, but I would not recommend this action. I say this because
   if the folks who develop PHP, one day, decide to make some of those conditions“
   critical errors”, due to deprecating certain methods, this would become a “stopper”
   instead of just a “warning”.
 * Also, to add to “Lorem Ipsum’s” thoughts above, I would rather not disable the
   error-level warnings because I use those messages to help me clean up my own 
   code.
 * As to the non-implementation of a font-select option, I know this can be done
   through PHP and HTML on the widget side. This may become a desired feature, based
   on the feedback from other users. This would have little effect as far as the
   WordPress install is concerned. It was just a “floating of ideas”. Also, the 
   Tiny MCE portion does, in fact, support font-selection.
 * Anyway, I have found the plugin that best suits my purposes. All projects evolve
   over time, so I look forward to what features will become in future releases.
   🙂
 * – Jim

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 * Last reply from: [Dragons Eye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dragons-eye/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/persistent-warning-message/#post-3334182)
 * Status: not resolved