Description: ------------ "Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated". This is being done on lines: 470, 577, 600 and 918 $ php5 -v PHP 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.3 with Suhosin-Patch 0.9.6.2 (cli) (built: Jul 23 2008 06:46:18) Copyright (c) 1997-2007 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2007 Zend Technologies Test script: --------------- $smarty = new Smarty(); Actual result: -------------- Debug Error: <path>/libs/PEAR/LiveUser.php line 470 - Uncaught exception 'ErrorException' with message 'Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated' in <path>\libs\PEAR\LiveUser.php:470 Stack trace: #0 <path>\index.php(50): exceptions_error_handler('LiveUser') #1 <path>\index.php(50): __autoload() #2 <path>\libs\Controller.php(50): __autoload() #3 <path>\index.php(58): Controller->Controller() #4 {main} thrown

Ok shame on me... the exception is thrown because of this: function exception_error_handler( $errno, $errstr, $errfile, $errline ) { throw new ErrorException( $errstr, 0, $errno, $errfile, $errline ); } set_error_handler( "exception_error_handler" ); But anyway... using deprecated stuff may lead to a bug in future :)

This bug has been fixed in CVS. If this was a documentation problem, the fix will appear on pear.php.net by the end of next Sunday (CET). If this was a problem with the pear.php.net website, the change should be live shortly. Otherwise, the fix will appear in the package's next release. Thank you for the report and for helping us make PEAR better.