THE MOLITOR FORUMS » Topic: Changing from php 5.6 to 7.2 http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/changing-from-php-56-to-72 THE MOLITOR FORUMS » Topic: Changing from php 5.6 to 7.2 en-US Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:02:08 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://www.themolitor.com/forums/search.php THE MOLITOR on "Changing from php 5.6 to 7.2" http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/changing-from-php-56-to-72#post-43521 Mon, 25 Mar 2019 09:42:50 +0000 THE MOLITOR 43521@http://www.themolitor.com/forums/

Hi there,

You appear to have an outdated version of The Novelist. You can grab the latest copy from your downloads page on ThemeForest. The latest copy no longer uses OptionTree, so that should remove the error messages you posted above.

Best,

Christopher

jonrodman on "Changing from php 5.6 to 7.2" http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/changing-from-php-56-to-72#post-43500 Sun, 10 Mar 2019 11:00:33 +0000 jonrodman 43500@http://www.themolitor.com/forums/

Hello, I have been loving this theme for several years. It is time to change the php version for my websites from php 5.6 to php 7.2. This seems to break the admin dashboard for The Novelist.
When run a php compatibility plugin the messages are as follows:

FILE: /home/foodingodsplace/public_html/wp-content/themes/wpnovelist_sidebar/option-tree/ot-loader.php
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FOUND 1 ERROR AFFECTING 1 LINE
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369 | ERROR | Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in PHP 5.3 and has been removed in PHP 7.0
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FILE: /home/foodingodsplace/public_html/wp-content/themes/wpnovelist_sidebar/option-tree/includes/ot-meta-box-api.php
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FOUND 1 ERROR AFFECTING 1 LINE
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275 | ERROR | Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in PHP 5.3 and has been removed in PHP 7.0
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FILE: /home/foodingodsplace/public_html/wp-content/themes/wpnovelist_sidebar/option-tree/includes/ot-settings-api.php
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FOUND 1 ERROR AFFECTING 1 LINE
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843 | ERROR | Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in PHP 5.3 and has been removed in PHP 7.0
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FILE: /home/foodingodsplace/public_html/wp-content/themes/wpnovelist_sidebar/option-tree/includes/ot-functions-admin.php
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FOUND 2 ERRORS AFFECTING 1 LINE
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269 | ERROR | Extension 'mysql_' is deprecated since PHP 5.5 and removed since PHP 7.0; Use mysqli instead
269 | ERROR | Extension 'mysql_' is deprecated since PHP 5.5 and removed since PHP 7.0; Use mysqli instead

Is there a way to make The Novelist run in cPanel with php version 7.2?

Thanks in advance for any help!