Advance Search not working

**ASinclair** · 19th September 21, 07:23 PM

When I click on Advanced Search, I get the following error -

Warning: Declaration of vBForum_Item_SocialGroupMessage::getLoadQuery() should be compatible with that of vB_Model::getLoadQuery() in ..../packages/vbforum/item/socialgroupmessage.php on line 0

Please advise. Thanks!

**ASinclair** · 28th September 21, 07:27 AM

Can anyone help?

**Jock Scot** · 29th September 21, 03:57 AM

I still get this problem and I brought up the problem last April. To be fair Steve did say at the time that it may be a problem with my server. Is it a coincidence that others are having the same problem? I do not have the technical knowledge to know. But, one can only wonder on what is going on.

**Steve Ashton** · 29th September 21, 11:21 AM

I am quoting Rob Irons our kiltedcodewarrior.

Hey Steve!

I saw the post in tech questions, and that is likely because Verve has updated their default version of PHP, the language that was used to build vBulletin, to version 7.2 or higher. Unfortunately, vBullletin 4.2, which is the version XMTS is using, doesn't support the newer versions of PHP. I have run into this with a number of sites this year as ISPs are removing support for older versions of PHP due to security issues. Upgrading vBulletin is probably something we should consider.