Description: ------------ I guess this is no more vaild in the ZendEngine2: $target =& $this; Expected result: ---------------- no fatal error Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Cannot re-assign $this in /Path/To/pear/Config/Container.php on line 125

This bug is perplexing me. The error says that $this cannot be re-assigned, which is a known change in php5. But, $this is not being re-assigned, $target is.

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$this does not have to be "reassigned" by the coder; the mere use of it outside of a class structure causes PHP to try to "assign" it to one, and finding none, throws this error. I was using a variable named $this in a function context and got this same error from all users who tried to use it on PHP5. I documented a fix here: <http://www.greywyvern.com/forum.php?msg=545> Just changing the name of the $this variable to something else was all that was necessary. Note: This error will *not* appear in 4.x.x versions of PHP. ONLY in 5.x.x