#34480 [NEW]: Fatal error: Only variables can be passed by reference in...

From: alesegala at users dot sourceforge dot net Operating system: Irrelevant PHP version: 5.0.5 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: Fatal error: Only variables can be passed by reference in... Description: ------------ I found this bug twice. It always worked before, but with PHP 5.1RC1 and 5.0.5 these two scripts don't work: In script I developed (you can see the function that cause error in the code below). The error is: Fatal error: Only variables can be passed by reference in ... I found this bug in phpBB (last version) too, in the same server, when I try to post. This is the error: Fatal error: Only variables can be passed by reference in C:\[...]\forum\posting.php on line 555 I'm using Windows XP Pro SP2, Apache2, PHP 5.0.5 (but this bug is in 5.1.0RC1 too). PHP is running as CLI Reproduce code: --------------- This is a code I wrote: // Get filename and extension function get_filename_parts($file) { $extension = end(explode(".", $file)); $filename = substr($file, 0, -(strlen($extension)+1) ); return array($filename, $extension); } Now it works: // Get filename and extension function get_filename_parts($file) { $split = explode(".", $file); $extension = end($split); $filename = substr($file, 0, -(strlen($extension)+1) ); return array($filename, $extension); } -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34480&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34480&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34480&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34480&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34480&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34480&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34480&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34480&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34480&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34480&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34480&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34480&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34480&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34480&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34480&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34480&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34480&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34480&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34480&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34480&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34480&r=mysqlcfg