From: owahab at gmail dot com Operating system: Windows 2003 PHP version: 4.4.4 PHP Bug Type: *General Issues Bug description: Fatal error: Only variables can be passed by reference
Description: ------------ tested on windows 2003, Linux Debian, FreeBSD: a page produces the error: Fatal error: only variables can be passed by reference in /path/to/my/script/file.php line xyz ONLY on windows. Reproduce code: --------------- function foo(&$x){ return $x; } function bar($a, $b){ return array_merge($arr1+$arr2); } $arr = array(1,2,3); bar($arr, foo(array(4,5,6))); Expected result: ---------------- Fatal error: only variables can be passed by reference in line x [the one with bar() called] -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=39645&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39645&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39645&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39645&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39645&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39645&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39645&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39645&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39645&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39645&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39645&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39645&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39645&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39645&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39645&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39645&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39645&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39645&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39645&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39645&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=39645&r=mysqlcfg