#24477 [NEW]: Problem returning new class by ref from function

From: karl at karlaustin dot com Operating system: RH7.3 PHP version: 5CVS-2003-07-03 (dev) PHP Bug Type: Zend Engine 2 problem Bug description: Problem returning new class by ref from function Description: ------------ Fatal error: Only variables or references can be returned by reference in /usr/local/php5/lib/php/DB/common.php on line 737 If seems that doing: return new DB_result($this, $result); in a function results in the above error, but: $_tmp = new DB_result($this, $result); return $_tmp; Is fine. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=24477&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24477&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24477&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24477&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24477&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24477&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24477&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24477&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24477&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24477&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24477&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24477&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24477&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24477&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24477&r=gnused