RE: [PEAR-DEV] Re: DB patch: Only variables or references can be returned by reference

Nope, somebody posted the related bug id recently. Basically zeev explains that it is quite complicated and the status is unresolved atm. http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=24687 [22 Jul 11:53am CDT] zeev@php.net Yes, it is quite complicated. You can only return variables by reference, a function's return value is not something we can 'connect' to... Arnaud. > 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 > > -- > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >