Title: WordPress Backup Fails
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress Backup Fails

 *  [jmiked](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmiked/)
 * (@jmiked)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-backup-fails/)
 * I am running WordPress 3,1 on two (as near as I can determine) identical servers
   with two Websites on each. I am running WordPress Database Backup on all four
   Websites.
 * On one server it works like a champ and does backups to my e-mail every night!
 * On the second server if I try to send to e-mail i get:
    The following errors 
   were reported: Function split ( ) is deprecated.
 * Anyone have any ideas, even if it is just a better place to ask this question?
 * Thanks

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 *  [dreamife](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dreamife/)
 * (@dreamife)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-backup-fails/#post-2002906)
 * I got this problem too, after doing some search I know it’s probably because 
   PHP has deprecated funtction split() since PHP 5.3, so if your host installed
   PHP 5.3 or later you may get this problem. I also find that split() can be replaced
   by explode(), but strange enough, after I’ve changed from split to explode in
   wp backup’s source code, I still get this errror, and I still can’t send the 
   backup file. Hope you get lucky!

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-backup-fails/#post-2002906)
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