Title: PHP update issue
Last modified: June 1, 2022

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# PHP update issue

 *  [margmacd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/margmacd/)
 * (@margmacd)
 * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-update-issue/)
 * Hello
 * Concerns have been raised already in this forum about not being able to update
   PHP versions due to having Hit Counter Max installed. I have consulted the discussions
   and noted an absence of public closure in relation to the queries raised. One
   such example can be found at [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manual-fix-for-php-7-x/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manual-fix-for-php-7-x/).
   Yesterday, a colleague representing my host provider tried to assist me by updating
   my current version (5.6) of PHP to version 7.4, but I required to deactivate 
   the plugin to allow him to do this. When I in turn reactivated the plugin, a 
   fatal error was reported.
 * Could I please have up-to-date advice on how to address this issue without having
   a lingering issue with “Deprecated: Function create_function() is deprecated 
   in /var/www/wp-content/plugins/hit-counter-max/image.php on line 186” appearing
   at the top of a webpage (as reported by the user at the above link).
 * I think that Hit Counter Max is a super plugin. However, I cannot continue indefinitely
   without updating my version of PHP. I have the plugin set to give automatic updates.
   Ideally, the plugin itself would have been revised to address the reported conflict
   with PHP updates.
    -  This topic was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by [margmacd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/margmacd/).

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 * Last reply from: [margmacd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/margmacd/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-update-issue/)
 * Status: not resolved