Unexpected T_Function fix for Comic Easel version 1.91

I think I’m using an old version of PHP on my server, and upgrading to Comic Easel version 1.91 just broke me site. I was getting ‘Unexpected T_Function’ errors for archive_dropdrop.php.

The problem was with this code at the end of the page:

add_action( 'widgets_init', function(){
	register_widget('ceo_comic_archive_dropdown_widget');
});

The solution I found was to state the function first, then do the ‘add_action’ after. I overwrote all of those lines with the following:

// register ceo_comic_archive_dropdown_widget
function ceo_comic_archive_dropdown_widget() {
    register_widget( 'ceo_comic_archive_dropdown_widget' );
}
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'ceo_comic_archive_dropdown_widget' );

/*
add_action( 'widgets_init', function(){
	register_widget('ceo_comic_archive_dropdown_widget');
});
*/

I kept the old code in a comment at the end, for reference.

So, if you have this problem, there’s your solution…

However, you will then get the same error with the next file in the ‘Widgets’ folder. You will need to go through all of the files in that folder and replace the code with the appropriate function statement. To give you an idea of how to continue, the next file is ‘casthover.php’ and ends with this:

add_action( 'widgets_init', function(){
	register_widget('ceo_casthover_reference_widget');
});

You will need to overwrite it with this:

// register ceo_casthover_reference_widget
function ceo_casthover_reference_widget() {
    register_widget( 'ceo_casthover_reference_widget' );
}
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'ceo_casthover_reference_widget' );

/*
add_action( 'widgets_init', function(){
	register_widget('ceo_casthover_reference_widget');
});
*/

I hope that helps a few people…

Of course, once the plugin updates, it’s going to overwrite my fix probably, which I guess it means I’ll have to do this again, unless the Plugin coders decide to integrate this into their files.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/comic-easel/