Re: Re: DB patch: Only variables or references can be returned by reference

According the the thread I saw in php-internal, he can't. You must return a variable when you pass it by reference. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Knowles" <alan@akbkhome.com> To: <nicos@php.net> Cc: <pear-dev@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 9:54 AM Subject: Re: [PEAR-DEV] Re: DB patch: Only variables or references can be returned by reference > I thought Zeev had promised to fix that ... > > Regards > Alan > > > nicos@php.net wrote: > > "Analysis & Solutions" <danielc@analysisandsolutions.com> a écrit > > dans le > > message de news:20030828064636.GB13780@panix.com... > > > >>Greetings: > >> > >>Problems arise when running DB under PHP 5*. Several files have > >>methods that return by reference, but the returns in those methods don't > >>return to variables. When this happens, errors, such as the following, > >>happen: > > > > > > Yes. We will probably rewrite most of the packages for PHP5. > > > > > >> Fatal error: Only variables or references can be returned by reference > >> in c:\progra~1\pear\pear\DB\common.php on line 766 > >> > >>I have made a patch to address this issue: > >> > >> http://www.analysisandsolutions.com/pear/DB.references.diff > >> > >>Where returned items are not already variables, I assigned the items to > >>variables, then returned the variable. > >> > >>Enjoy, > >> > >>--Dan > >> > >>* PHP 5.0.0b2-dev (cgi-fcgi) (built: Aug 26 2003 16:10:16) > >> > >>-- > >> FREE scripts that make web and database programming easier > >> > >> http://www.analysisandsolutions.com/software/ > >> T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D S O L U T I O N S C O M P A N Y > >> 4015 7th Ave #4AJ, Brooklyn NY v: 718-854-0335 f: 718-854-0409 > > > > > > > -- > Can you help out? > Need Consulting Services or Know of a Job? > http://www.akbkhome.com