I can't claim to know how Zend Platform works but I don't see how: return isset($this->_vars[$key]) ? $this->_vars[$key] : null;
would attempt to return $this->_vars[$key] by reference. Wouldn't the normal behaviour be to return a copy of that variable's content in PHP? If Zend Platform is changing behaviours that is odd. Perhaps a check of the exact PHP version on your laptop and Zend Platform server would be useful and posting that info plus the exact error messages to the list. best wishes, Si
