wi_posts_search_handler() error

Just installed this plugin for the first time and saw the same thing immediately.

I installed this plugin instead. Much of the backend is curiously similar but the other one is much better. https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/ajax-search-lite/

we will fix this error in our next plugin update version.

Hi @netflixtechweb.

I think the common issues are related to the latest versions of PHP. I run your plugin in a custom theme in a 5.6v and it works well, but at 7.0 it doesn’t work. If you find “Parameter 2 to wi_posts_search_handler() expected to be a reference,” at google there’s plenty of sites that happened the same.

Do you think you could fix this problem? If you need some help I could help you fixing the issue.

Thank’s.

Hi victornado

Thanks for posting issue , our team will check with php 7 and fix it soon .

For those who can not wait for the plugin update, there is a simple solution, if you want to continue using PHP 7 and higher:

– Open /wp-content/plugins/wp-autosearch/functions.php
– Search for &$ in the code and remove the & from it
– Save the file, refresh your website or purge your cache and the problem should be fixed

Thanks, @cmsgeek, that worked! Going on 7 months waiting for an update to this and that did it.

big shout to @cmsgeek that worked!