#35725 [NEW]: Error with the return of an assignment

From: Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 09:54:31 +0000
Subject: #35725 [NEW]: Error with the return of an assignment
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From:             simon dot jackson at caringbush dot net
Operating system: RedHat ES 4
PHP version:      5.1.1
PHP Bug Type:     Scripting Engine problem
Bug description:  Error with the return of an assignment

Description:
------------
With Horde 3.0.9 (in many places) on PHP 5.0.4, the following works:

  if (class_exists($class)) {
    return $ret = &new $class($params);
  }

It fails on PHP 5.1.0 and PHP 5.1.1 with an error of

Notice: Only variable references should be returned by reference in ...on
line ...

However, the following does work:

  if (class_exists($class)) {
    $ret = &new $class($params);
    return $ret;
  }

Is this an error in PHP or Horde?


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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=35725&edit=1
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Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35725&r=trysnapshot44
Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35725&r=trysnapshot51
Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35725&r=trysnapshot60
Fixed in CVS:                 http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35725&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release:             http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35725&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace:               http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35725&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script:        http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35725&r=needscript
Try newer version:            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35725&r=oldversion
Not developer issue:          http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35725&r=support
Expected behavior:            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35725&r=notwrong
Not enough info:              http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35725&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:              http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35725&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:             http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35725&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued:   http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35725&r=php3
Daylight Savings:             http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35725&r=dst
IIS Stability:                http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35725&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed:              http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35725&r=gnused
Floating point limitations:   http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35725&r=float
No Zend Extensions:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35725&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error:    http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35725&r=mysqlcfg


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