Anyone have a clue why i am getting this error ?

"Notice: Only variable references should be returned by reference "

i have set debugging to false.. but still getting this error.

 

Can you give me some sample code? It could be anything.

 

My server is running the latest version of PHP

here is the code ... the error produced :


Notice: Only variable references should be returned by reference in /hsphere/local/home/..../....../...../inc/database.php on line 47


<?php
/******************************************************************************
* File: database.php
* Description: database class for MySQL
* Author: Thorsten Rinne
* Portions of this Code is based on work by
* Meikel Katzengreis
* Date: 2003-02-24
* Last Update: 2003-11-20
* Copyright: (c) 2001-2003 Thorsten Rinne
*
* The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License
* Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
* compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
* http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
*
* Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
* basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
* License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
* under the License.
******************************************************************************/

class db_mysql {

var $conn = false;
var $queries = 0;
var $sqllog = "";

// connect to server and select database
function &connect ($host, $user, $passwd, $db)
{
$this->conn = @mysql_connect($host,$user,$passwd);
if (empty($db) OR $this->conn == false)
{
print "<p align=\"center\">The connection to the MySQL server could not be established.</p>\n";
print "<p align=\"center\">The error message of the MySQL server:<br />".mysql_error()."</p>\n";
return false;
}


$db_selected = mysql_select_db($db, $this->conn);
if (!$db_selected)
{
die ('Can\'t use Database : ' . mysql_error());
}

} <--------------- THIS IS LINE 47...WHERE ITS SAYING THERE IS AN ERROR

// send a query
function &query ($query) {
$this->sqllog .= $query."<br>\n";
$this->queries++;
$ret = @mysql_query($query, $this->conn);
return $ret;
}
// fetch a result row as an object
function &fetch_object ($result) {
$ret = @mysql_fetch_object($result);
return $ret;
}
// fetch a result row
function &fetch_row ($result) {
$ret = @mysql_fetch_row($result);
return $ret;
}
// fetch a row as an array
function &fetch_assoc ($result) {
$ret = @mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
return $ret;
}
// fetch a result row
function &num_rows ($result) {
$ret = @mysql_num_rows($result);
return $ret;
}
// get the last id
function &insert_id () {
$ret = @mysql_insert_id($this->conn);
return $ret;
}
// prints the count of queries
function &countqueries() {
$ret = $this->queries;
return $ret;
}
// prints the count of queries
function &sqllog() {
$ret = $this->sqllog;
return $ret;
}
// closes a connection
function &dbclose() {
$ret = @mysql_close($this->conn);
return $ret;
}
}

?>

 

// connect to server and select database
function &connect ($host, $user, $passwd, $db)

There shouldn't be an & in front of the connect() method.

Use:

function connect ($host, $user, $passwd, $db)