Title: PHP Notice – Undefined variable: mail_success
Last modified: March 9, 2018

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# PHP Notice – Undefined variable: mail_success

 *  [KhidhaBoy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/khidhaboy/)
 * (@khidhaboy)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-notice-undefined-variable-mail_success/)
 * Hi
 * I’m getting the below PHP notice in my error_log file:
 * [09-Mar-2018 13:35:38 UTC] PHP Notice: Undefined variable: mail_success in /home/
   ~user~/public_html/wp-content/plugins/better-wp-security/core/modules/backup/
   class-itsec-backup.php on line 252
 * Any clues?
 * WP: 4.9.4
    iThemes Security: 6.9.2
 * All plugins and WP uptodate.
 * Thanks

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 *  [Gerroald](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gerroald/)
 * (@gerroald)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-notice-undefined-variable-mail_success/#post-10058469)
 * Hi,
 * Thanks for reporting this. This will be resolved in the next release.
 * Thanks,
 * Gerroald
 *  [nlpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nlpro/)
 * (@nlpro)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-notice-undefined-variable-mail_success/#post-10064804)
 * It seems [@gerroald](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gerroald/) forgot to
   mention that as a temporary workaround you can change the value set for the **
   Backup Method** setting in the **Database Backups** module.
 * Since the issue will only occur when the value set for the **Backup Method** 
   setting is ‘Save Locally Only’, changing it to ‘Save Locally and Email’ (or ‘
   Email Only’) will prevent it from happening…
 *  Thread Starter [KhidhaBoy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/khidhaboy/)
 * (@khidhaboy)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-notice-undefined-variable-mail_success/#post-10065148)
 * Thanks for both responses guys!
 * Will look at the temp fix from [@nlpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nlpro/)
   and look forward to the permanent fix from [@gerroald](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gerroald/)
   and iThemes

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 * Last reply from: [KhidhaBoy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/khidhaboy/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-notice-undefined-variable-mail_success/#post-10065148)
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