Title: Plugin Not Compatible
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Plugin Not Compatible

 *  [dwlorimer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dwlorimer/)
 * (@dwlorimer)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-compatible/)
 * This plugin does not appear to be compatible with the newest version of WordPress.
   I had used the plugin in the past, and it quit working.
    I did a complete fresh
   install, since I observed the new version is very different from the older versions.
 * The initial page works, but the display formatting is weird (almost as if css
   isn’t being applied), and when I try to sort by first name, or last name, or 
   do any kind of search, it breaks as though the code has died – it doesn’t even
   finish loading the page.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/members-list/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/members-list/)

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 *  Plugin Author [ternstyle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpraetzel/)
 * (@mpraetzel)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-compatible/#post-8175541)
 * Can you submit a link to the page or demo page displaying your issues?
 *  Thread Starter [dwlorimer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dwlorimer/)
 * (@dwlorimer)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-compatible/#post-8198644)
 * [http://flavorchemists.com/test-page](http://flavorchemists.com/test-page)
    Please
   note that I’m actively testing this page, so your results may be different if
   any significant amount of time has passed.
 * I figured out part of the problem. The plugin is not fully PHP 7+ compatible.
 * Line 643 in class/members.php should be
    return mysqli_real_escape_string($s);(
   It is still using mysql_real_escape_string(), which is deprecated)
 * Searching does not work in PHP 7+ unless that change is made.
 * I updated that line, and stopped getting the 500 errors that I was getting, but
   you will observe that the search still does not work.
    The zipcode search works.
   But the regular search and the alphabetized click list always return all results.
 *  Plugin Author [ternstyle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpraetzel/)
 * (@mpraetzel)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-compatible/#post-8199326)
 * Thank you for tracking down the issue with PHP 7+.
 * I can see the searching and filtering is not working. This is normally due to
   the query parameters being filtered out of the REQUEST $_GET data somehow. Can
   you confirm the variables specified in the URL are available to the plugin?
 *  Thread Starter [dwlorimer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dwlorimer/)
 * (@dwlorimer)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-compatible/#post-8202369)
 * Ok, I figured it out. It’s all related to that mysqli_real_escape_string($s);
 * You can’t use mysqli without a mysqli_connect(), and there isn’t one. Since it
   processes the search parameters, they weren’t coming back.
 * Note that you also use mysql_real_escape_string() in class/forms.php on line 
   116 and 117.
 * For now, I’ve solved my problem by changing
    Line 643 in class/members.php to
   return addslashes($s);
 * It’s not the exact same thing, but it seems to be working fine.
 *  Thread Starter [dwlorimer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dwlorimer/)
 * (@dwlorimer)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-compatible/#post-8206092)
 * I’ve moved the test page back behind our users-only limitation.
    If you need 
   it for something, please let me know.
 * We can consider this topic resolved.

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 * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/members-list_a1a1a1.svg)
 * [Members List Plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/members-list/)
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 * 5 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [dwlorimer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dwlorimer/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-compatible/#post-8206092)
 * Status: not resolved