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Bug #34405 return by reference using "new MyObject()"
Submitted: 2005-09-07 12:45 UTC Modified: 2005-09-07 12:46 UTC
From: nicolas dot bui at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Class/Object related
PHP Version: 4.4.0 OS: Windows XP SP22
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2005-09-07 12:45 UTC] nicolas dot bui at gmail dot com
Description:
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Since recent version of PHP 4.3.x (event 4.4), I receive this warning : "Only variable references should be returned by reference".
I get this when my function/method return reference of a object create directly by something like "return new MyObject()";


Reproduce code:
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class MyObject {
}
class MyFactory {
  function & create() {
    return new MyObject();
  }
}

Expected result:
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simple i would like to avoid tons of warning messages.


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 [2005-09-07 12:46 UTC] sniper@php.net
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