Since upgrading to PHP 5.3, there has been a lot of deprecated code that I’ve had to fix. Another of these is the family of ereg() eregi() and ereg_replace() – all of which can be replaced by preg_match(). While searching how to fix it, I came across a few sites that all gave similar results. An example of some deprecated code would be: ereg(‘.([^.]*$)’, $this->src_name, $variable); […]

There are a few plugins that aren’t compatible with PHP 5.3+ and Joomla 1.5x, and they may show up like the error messages below: PHP Warning: Parameter 2 to plgContentEmailCloak() expected to be a reference, value given in /libraries/joomla/event/dispatcher.php on line 136 […]

So you’ve run into this error message, sometimes in WordPress or another CMS that utilizes code that is considered depreciated. This is sometimes caused by an update to PHP – which is what’s happened in this case. Essentially, Since PHP 5.3 assigning the return value is depreciated. […]