#34481 [NEW]: "Only variables can be passed by reference" new error condition

From: BastianBalthazarBux at pnpitalia dot it Operating system: linux PHP version: 5.0.5 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: "Only variables can be passed by reference" new error condition Description: ------------ This particular condition of error has been introduced in php-5.0.5, and is *not* present in 5.0.4 the following error broke some apps, notably "horde". Fatal error: Only variables can be passed by reference in pippo.php on line 10 php.ini:allow_call_time_pass_reference = On See reproduce code, until 5.0.4 it was possible to pass the result of a function. It's possible to delay this change of behaviour until 5.1 release ? If not could you point me to a patch that revert this behaviour ? Many thanks Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $var="pippo"; function printme(&$var) { echo "{$var}\n"; } printme(serialize($var)); ?> Expected result: ---------------- s:5:"pippo"; Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Only variables can be passed by reference in pippo.php on line 10 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34481&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34481&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34481&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34481&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34481&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34481&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34481&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34481&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34481&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34481&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34481&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34481&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34481&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34481&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34481&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34481&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34481&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34481&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34481&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34481&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34481&r=mysqlcfg