[support] PHP 5.3 upgrade problems

[Larry Garfield]

On Wednesday 14 October 2009 12:02:28 am andy baxter wrote:

> What I really want to know is, if I find the (relatively few) places in
> the code where php5.3 is causing an issue that actually breaks site
> functions, and apply the fix above (i.e. &$variable -> $variable) or
> something similar, is this a good way of solving the problem for the
> time being, given that the site goes public on thursday, or is it just
> going to break something else, or cause other problems like security
> holes or whatever?
>
> It seems to have stopped the error in the couple of places I've already
> tried it, but it worries me to just convert a pass-by-reference into a
> straight parameter pass like this. I like to understand what I am doing
> rather than just apply a patch, which is why I was asking if anyone can
> explain a bit more about what's going on here?
>
> cheers,
>
> andy

What functions are we talking about?  The answer to that will vary per the 
exact function being called.

Vis, show us da codez!

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Larry Garfield
larry at garfieldtech.com