Doc #75844 [NEW]: An example generates a notice

From: jordi at enginydigital dot cat Operating system: Any PHP version: 7.0.27 Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:An example generates a notice Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/language.references.pass --- The statement in the docs -- New statements, i.e. foo(new foobar()) generates a notice since 7.0.7. Notice: Only variables should be passed by reference https://3v4l.org/RVcA3 Test script: --------------- <?php function foo(&$bar) { var_dump($bar); } class Bar { } foo(new Bar()); -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75844&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75844&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75844&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75844&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75844&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75844&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75844&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75844&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75844&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75844&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75844&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75844&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75844&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75844&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75844&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75844&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75844&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75844&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75844&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75844&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75844&r=mysqlcfg