Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=50394&edit=1
ID: 50394
User updated by: tstarling at wikimedia dot org
Reported by: tstarling at wikimedia dot org
Summary: Reference argument converted to value in __call
Status: Closed
Type: Bug
Package: Scripting Engine problem
Operating System: Linux
PHP Version: 5.3.1
Assigned To: pajoye
Block user comment: N
New Comment:
Commenters please note: you're receiving an error "parameter expected to
be a reference, value given", that does not mean that you are seeing
this bug. In fact, if you're using PHP 5.3.2 or later, it is pretty much
impossible for it to be this bug.
Most cases of "parameter expected to be a reference, value given" are
due to bugs in the user code, not due to any problem with PHP. The
message indicates a mismatch between the reference/value status of
arguments to call_user_func_array() and the function declaration, as
in:
function foo( &$x ) {}
$x = '';
call_user_func_array( 'foo', array( $x ) );
The correct way to call the function foo() in this case is:
call_user_func_array( 'foo', array( &$x ) );
That is to say, the reference must be explicit in the array on the
calling side.
Previous Comments:
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[2010-09-15 01:16:45] jeremy at tuxmachine dot com
See bug 51174.
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[2010-09-04 01:16:50] david at tuxteam dot com
This seems to be an issue for Drupal modules as well. This is a
significant problem for running Drupal on PHP 5.3.
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[2010-08-10 09:14:45] parktrip at gmail dot com
I have the same problem with mediawiki 1.15.5 and PHP 5.3.2 (lastest
version from Zend Server)
So is this a MW problem or PHP ?
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[2010-07-23 01:09:33] heis dot turtlemad at gmail dot com
> Mediawiki is wrong in their comments.
Not quite true.
> There is a regression which was fixed in 5.3.2,
> so upgrade to 5.3.2 is the right way to do it.
Upgrading to 5.3.2 doesn't solve the issue, running the following
softwares:
FreeBSD 8/Nginx/MediaWiki 1.15.4
Any call to a Mediawiki extension fails on the following error:
<Parameter n to xxx expected to be a reference, value given in yyy>
Downgrading to 5.2 is actually the only way to get rid of this.
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[2010-06-06 19:04:27] paj...@php.net
Mediawiki is wrong in their comments. There is a regression which was
fixed in 5.3.2, so upgrade to 5.3.2 is the right way to do it.
No need of further comments tho', the issue is fixed.
Thanks for your feedbacks.
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