(split) function deprecated in PHP 5.3.13

ACE uses the php split function on line 367:

$cats = split(',',get_option("ace_categories_norobots"));

but this function is deprecated in PHP 5.3.13. Hoping this will be fixed in an upcoming update, but for now I’ve temporarily replaced ‘split’ with ‘preg_split’, which seems to have done the trick:

$cats = preg_split(',',get_option("ace_categories_norobots"));

I’m very new to php, so am wondering if this “fix” will mess anything else up, and/or if there’s a better solution.

Thanks in advance.

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