Assigning the return value of new by reference is

Question

I've just got an error.

When I try to assign an object like this:

$obj_md = new MDB2();

The error I get is "Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated". Actually I've been looking for a solution but the only one I've seen is just turn down the politicy of php.ini (error_reporting). I've tried it too, but it didn't work.

It's so confusing..I hope you could help me. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

C:\wamp\www\..\libraries\pattemplate

1.ini_set('display_errors', 0);

$this->_modules[$moduleType][$sig]  =&new $moduleClass;   wrong

$this->_modules[$moduleType][$sig]  =new $moduleClass;   Right

Answer 2

I recently moved a site using SimplePie (http://simplepie.org/) from a server that was using PHP 5.2.17 to one that is using PHP 5.3.2. It was after this move that I began receiving a list of error messages such as this one:

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in .../php/simplepie.inc on line 738

After reviewing several discussions of this issue, I cleared things up by replacing all the instances of =& new with = new in the simplepie.inc file.

I'm not experienced enough to know if this will work in all instances where these error messages are received but it worked in this particular case and it may be worth trying.

Answer 3

In PHP5 this idiom is deprecated

$obj_md =& new MDB2();

You sure you've not missed an ampersand in your sample code? That would generate the warning you state, but it is not required and can be removed.

To see why this idiom was used in PHP4, see this manual page (note that PHP4 is long dead and this link is to an archived version of the relevant page)

Answer 4

Upgrade your pear/MDB2 from console:

# pear upgrade MDB2-beta
# pear upgrade MDB2_Driver_Mysql-beta

Problem solved at version 2.5.0b3