Deprecated: Function in wordpress blog comments

[nikhilnaik]

i get the following errors along with the comments in my wordpress blog:

 

Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /home/doughhhh/public_html/wp-content/themes/upload/includes/theme-comments.php on line 74

 

Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/doughhhh/public_html/wp-content/themes/upload/includes/theme-comments.php on line 74

 

 

this error is seen only in the comments.

 

i have attached the screenshot and the theme-comments.php file.... please help   

 

 

this is the content in the theme-comments.php file:

 

 

<?php

// Fist full of comments

if (!function_exists("custom_comment")) {

function custom_comment($comment, $args, $depth) {

   $GLOBALS['comment'] = $comment; ?>

                 

	<li <?php comment_class(); ?>>

    

    	<a name="comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>"></a>

      	

      	<div id="li-comment-<?php comment_ID() ?>" class="comment-container">



	      	<div class="comment-head">

	      	    

	      	    <?php if(get_comment_type() == "comment"){ ?>

                <div class="avatar"><?php the_commenter_avatar($args) ?></div>

            	<?php } ?>        

       					

				<div class="reply">

                    <?php comment_reply_link(array_merge( $args, array('depth' => $depth, 'max_depth' => $args['max_depth']))) ?>

                </div><!-- /.reply -->    	                

	        		          	

			</div><!-- /.comment-head -->

	      

	   		<div class="comment-entry"  id="comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>">

	   		

	   		<span class="arrow"></span>

	   		

	   		<div class="comment-info">

	   		

		   		<div class="left"><span class="name"><?php the_commenter_link() ?></span></div>

		   		<div class="right">        

	                <span class="date"><?php echo get_comment_date(get_option( 'date_format' )) ?> <?php _e('at', 'themejunkie'); ?> <?php echo get_comment_time(get_option( 'time_format' )); ?></span>

	                <span class="perma"><a href="<?php echo get_comment_link(); ?>" title="<?php _e('Direct link to this comment', 'themejunkie'); ?>">#</a></span>

	                 <span class="edit"><?php edit_comment_link(__('Edit', 'themejunkie'), '', ''); ?></span>

				</div>

			  

			  	<div class="clear"></div>

			  

			</div>



			<?php comment_text() ?>

	            

			<?php if ($comment->comment_approved == '0') { ?>

                <p class='unapproved'><?php _e('Your comment is awaiting moderation.', 'themejunkie'); ?></p>

            <?php } ?>



			</div><!-- /comment-entry -->



		</div><!-- /.comment-container -->



<?php 

}

}



// PINGBACK / TRACKBACK OUTPUT

if (!function_exists("list_pings")) {

function list_pings($comment, $args, $depth) {



	$GLOBALS['comment'] = $comment; ?>



	<li id="comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>">

		<span class="author"><?php comment_author_link(); ?></span> - 

		<span class="date"><?php echo get_comment_date(get_option( 'date_format' )) ?></span>

		<span class="pingcontent"><?php comment_text() ?></span>



<?php 

} 

}



if (!function_exists("the_commenter_link")) {

function the_commenter_link() {

    $commenter = get_comment_author_link();

    if ( ereg( ']* class=[^>]+>', $commenter ) ) {$commenter = ereg_replace( '(]* class=[\'"]?)', '\\1url ' , $commenter );

    } else { $commenter = ereg_replace( '(<a )/', '\\1class="url "' , $commenter );}

    echo $commenter ;

}

}



if (!function_exists("the_commenter_avatar")) {

function the_commenter_avatar($args) {

    $email = get_comment_author_email();

    $avatar = str_replace( "class='avatar", "class='photo avatar", get_avatar( "$email",  $args['avatar_size']) );

    echo $avatar;

}

}



?>

 

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[premiso]

To fix ereg depreciate errors you generally just need to change it to it's preg counterpart and add delimiters, here is the part that needs to be fixed:

 

	    if ( ereg( ']* class=[^>]+>', $commenter ) ) {$commenter = ereg_replace( '(]* class=[\'"]?)', '\\1url ' , $commenter );

    } else { $commenter = ereg_replace( '(<a )/', '\\1class="url "' , $commenter );}

 

And here it is fixed:

 

	    if ( preg_match( '~]* class=[^>]+>~', $commenter ) ) {$commenter = preg_replace( '~(]* class=[\'"]?)~', '\\1url ' , $commenter );

    } else { $commenter = preg_replace( '~(<a )/', '\\1class="url "~' , $commenter );}

 

I chose to use the ~ as delimiters for not particular reason, that is just my preference.

[nikhilnaik]

thnks a lot...    get all my problems solved here... superb..