[wp-testers] PHP 5.3.x Deprecated Messages when assigning return value of new instance By Ref

[David Carroll - PageSimplify]

** WP Version: 3.2.1

** File References: 

-          http://core.svn.wordpress.org/tags/3.2.1/wp-includes/cache.php on
line 103

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http://core.svn.wordpress.org/tags/3.2.1/wp-includes/wp-includes/class-wp.ph
p on line 570

-
http://core.svn.wordpress.org/tags/3.2.1/wp-includes/wp-includes/l10n.php on
line 486

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http://core.svn.wordpress.org/tags/3.2.1/wp-includes/wp-includes/query.php
on line 92

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http://core.svn.wordpress.org/tags/3.2.1/wp-includes/wp-includes/taxonomy.ph
p on line 1161

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http://core.svn.wordpress.org/tags/3.2.1/wp-includes/wp-includes/theme.php
on line 1721

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http://core.svn.wordpress.org/tags/3.2.1/wp-includes/wp-includes/widgets.php
on line 324

 

** Description: 

When rendering a page in WP Version 3.2.1, several Deprecated Messages are
Produced in WP_DEBUG mode. 

 

Example: Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is
deprecated in/wp-includes/cache.php on line 103.

 

This applies to lines where a new variables / object instances are returned
by reference. 

 

The 7 files listed above is a small list of lines that would generate these
errors. In the meantime, these 7 appear when rendering a home page in
WordPress.

 

** More Information:

PHP 5.3.x Deprecated Feature: Assigning the return value of new by reference
using operator =&  

    - See: http://php.net/manual/en/migration53.deprecated.php

         (Deprecated features: Call-time pass-by-reference is now
deprecated.)