Title: PHP 7 Compatibility
Last modified: July 10, 2017

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# PHP 7 Compatibility

 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-7-compatibility-178/)
 * I ran the PHP Compatibility Checker plugin [https://wordpress.org/plugins/php-compatibility-checker/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/php-compatibility-checker/)
   
   checking for PHP 7 compatibility and got this result for this plugin:
 *     ```
       FILE: wp-content/plugins/secure-wordpress/res/inc/SwpaInfo.php
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       FOUND 0 ERRORS AND 1 WARNING AFFECTING 1 LINE
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        172 | WARNING | INI directive 'safe_mode' is deprecated since PHP 5.3 and removed since PHP 5.4.
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   
       FILE: wp-content/plugins/secure-wordpress/res/inc/SwpaUtil.php
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       FOUND 9 ERRORS AND 1 WARNING AFFECTING 9 LINES
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        225 | ERROR   | Extension 'mysql_' is deprecated since PHP 5.5 and removed since PHP 7.0 - use mysqli instead.
        229 | ERROR   | Extension 'mysql_' is deprecated since PHP 5.5 and removed since PHP 7.0 - use mysqli instead.
        235 | ERROR   | Extension 'mysql_' is deprecated since PHP 5.5 and removed since PHP 7.0 - use mysqli instead.
        236 | ERROR   | Extension 'mysql_' is deprecated since PHP 5.5 and removed since PHP 7.0 - use mysqli instead.
        275 | WARNING | Method name "SwpaUtil::__doBackup" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
        284 | ERROR   | Extension 'mysql_' is deprecated since PHP 5.5 and removed since PHP 7.0 - use mysqli instead.
        285 | ERROR   | Extension 'mysql_' is deprecated since PHP 5.5 and removed since PHP 7.0 - use mysqli instead.
        288 | ERROR   | Extension 'mysql_' is deprecated since PHP 5.5 and removed since PHP 7.0 - use mysqli instead.
        288 | ERROR   | Extension 'mysql_' is deprecated since PHP 5.5 and removed since PHP 7.0 - use mysqli instead.
        294 | ERROR   | Extension 'mysql_' is deprecated since PHP 5.5 and removed since PHP 7.0 - use mysqli instead.
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   
       FILE: wp-content/plugins/secure-wordpress/res/inc/SwpaSecurity.php
       -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       FOUND 0 ERRORS AND 2 WARNINGS AFFECTING 2 LINES
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         41 | WARNING | Method name "SwpaSecurity::__hideFooterVersion" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
        719 | WARNING | Method name "SwpaSecurityHelper::__removeWpVersionFromLinks" is discouraged; PHP has reserved all method names with a double underscore prefix for future use
       -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       ```
   

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 * Last reply from: [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-7-compatibility-178/)
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