Bug #53135 [NEW]: I have PHP >5 and have a call-time pass-by-reference problem

From: Operating system: CentOS 5.5 PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Sockets related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:I have PHP >5 and have a call-time pass-by-reference problem Description: ------------ I'm trying to use fsocketopen() to test a server connection- to see if it's online or offline. Even the manual says I can call it like this: $connection = fsockopen("www.example.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 30); However, I get this warning message when doing so: PHP Warning: Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated - argument passed by value; If you would like to pass it by reference, modify the declaration of fsockopen(). If you would like to enable call-time pass-by-reference, you can set allow_call_time_pass_reference to true in your INI file. However, future versions may not support this any longer. Is there another way to declare fsocketopen()??? I see nothing about this!! Test script: --------------- <? // This value is either example.com OR example.com:port $serverAddress = $_POST[server]; @list($addr,$port)= explode (':', $serverAddress); if (empty($port)) { $port = 80; } // Test the server connection $connection = @fsockopen($addr, $port, &$errno, &$errstr, 30); if (!$connection) { echo $addr . ":" . $port . " is currently DOWN"; } else { echo $addr . ":" . $port . " is currently UP"; } ?> Expected result: ---------------- Not expecting any warning!! Actual result: -------------- Where does this warning come from? I've called fsocketopen() like this for years!! -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53135&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53135&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53135&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53135&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53135&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53135&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53135&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53135&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53135&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53135&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53135&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53135&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53135&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53135&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53135&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53135&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53135&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53135&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53135&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53135&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53135&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53135&r=mysqlcfg