Bug #6432

php5 Fatal error Only variables can be passed by reference

Details

Submitted	2006-01-06 23:57 UTC
From	rexlorenzo at gmail dot com
Assigned	mike
Status	Closed
Package	HTTP_Download
PHP Version	5.0.5
OS	Solaris
Roadmaps	(Not assigned)

Comments

[2006-01-06 23:57 UTC] rexlorenzo at gmail dot com

Description:
------------
I was looking through my error_logs and noticed this

[Fri Jan 6 10:47:17 2006] [error] PHP Fatal error: Only variables can be passed by reference in /path/to/php-5.0.5/lib/php/HTTP/Download.php on line 953

I did some searching and found that in newer versions of PHP starting with 5.05 broke something (http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=33643 and http://drupal.org/node/32881).

Example:

function Foo (&data) {
// do stuff here
}

function Bar () {
return "hello world";
}

Foo(Bar()); // here PHP 5.05 gets a fatal error

$bar = Bar();
Foo($bar); // this is what it wants.

Does anyone else get this error? I am using the newest version of HTTP::Download (1.1.0).

[2006-01-07 00:25 UTC] rexlorenzo at gmail dot com

Fixed in Download.php version 1.76, but not in current release.