Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in C:\wamp\www\drupal-6.16\drupal-6.16\includes\file.inc on line 911

it is very simple
open file
includes/file.inc
Goto line no 912
where you can see something like this
elseif ($depth >= $min_depth && ereg($mask, $file))

Now add @ sign before ereg($mask, $file)
copy below line past this line
elseif ($depth >= $min_depth && @ereg($mask, $file))

I think its better that you

Posted by qasimzee on May 4, 2010 at 5:41am

I think its better that you don't change in core as it will restrict updates.

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need help here..

Posted by faltech on May 14, 2010 at 9:49am

I'm a noob, I cant find the line 911,because I viewed in notepad... thx...

Then open the file and press

Posted by ChristianP on May 14, 2010 at 11:42am

Then open the file and press Ctrl + F for bringing up the in-built search function and search for that line and you're done! :)

I recommend google.com to all

Posted by qasimzee on May 18, 2010 at 12:21pm

I recommend google.com to all noobs :)

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This is a valid question.

Posted by dlsso on May 27, 2010 at 2:15pm

This is a valid question. This same issue caused me and probably countless others a lot of grief. There are 101 solutions you can google, most of them are 2/3 of the way down a giant thread, and not one of them is marked as official.

The php 5.3 issue has been around a long time now and should have been fixed in drupal core. Barring that, there should at least be a page made in the support section detailing whichever fix is considered most appropriate, and there should be a note on the download page that drupal is not compatible with php 5.3 including a link to the official fix page.

To answer the question,

Is far as I understand it the only "correct" solution is to downgrade to PHP 5.2. For many of us that is not an option, in which case the easiest hack is to edit the offending line in file.inc to use a non-deprecated function. I simply changed ereg() to mb_ereg() and it works fine now, but as I understand it that is not an ideal solution.

E_DEPRECATED

Posted by Heine on May 27, 2010 at 2:23pm

Simply tone down the error level to exclude E_DEPRECATED. That's what the proposed patch in #360605-233: PHP 5.3 Compatibility does as well.

As to mb_ereg; It appears as though the PHP devs forgot to throw an E_DEPRECATED on use of that function.

Barring that, there should at least be a page made in the support section detailing whichever fix is considered most appropriate

Feel free to add such a page.

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As to mb_ereg; It appears as

Posted by dlsso on May 27, 2010 at 3:11pm

As to mb_ereg; It appears as though the PHP devs forgot to throw an E_DEPRECATED on use of that function.

Yes, I was able to glean that from the endless pages in multiple threads on the issue. However, it seemed simple and easy to reverse should I need to, and I haven't needed to yet.

Also, the patch you note is immediately followed by a comment saying it doesn't work. Makes me hesitant to try.

Feel free to add such a page.

I didn't know I was allowed to do that. I also have almost no understanding of how the fixes work and would be a terrible person to do it, but I would be happy to make one simply in the hope that it would get the attention of someone qualified.

Same Issue

Posted by AlanAtLarge on June 9, 2010 at 10:31am

same problem crashing my site

Posted by RmrJmrGrl on August 19, 2011 at 1:45pm

applied the fix

Thanks!