Description:
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I'm trying to use fsocketopen() to test a server connection- to see if it's online or offline.

Even the manual says I can call it like this:

$connection = fsockopen("www.example.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 30);


However, I get this warning message when doing so:

PHP Warning:  Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated - argument passed by value;  If you would like to pass it by reference, modify the declaration of fsockopen().  If you would like to enable call-time pass-by-reference, you can set allow_call_time_pass_reference to true in your INI file.  However, future versions may not support this any longer. 


Is there another way to declare fsocketopen()??? I see nothing about this!!

Test script:
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<?
// This value is either example.com OR example.com:port
$serverAddress = $_POST[server];

@list($addr,$port)= explode (':', $serverAddress);
if (empty($port)) {
$port = 80;
}
// Test the server connection
$connection = @fsockopen($addr, $port, &$errno, &$errstr, 30);
	if (!$connection) {
	echo $addr . ":" . $port . " is currently DOWN";
	} else {
	echo $addr . ":" . $port . " is currently UP";
	}
?>

Expected result:
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Not expecting any warning!!

Actual result:
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Where does this warning come from? I've called fsocketopen() like this for years!!