Deprecated errors - OCS 2.1.2 on XAMPP 1.7.3

[ll]

Hi,

I am trying to get OCS 2.1.2 up and running on a WAMP (XAMP 1.7.3 on Windows 2003) box and I am getting a whole bunch of deprecated error messages (a few lines below) when I point my browser to OCS directory to install it. I have "error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED" in php.ini.
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Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in G:\ocs-212\classes\core\Core.inc.php on line 51
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in G:\ocs-212\classes\core\Core.inc.php on line 55
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in G:\ocs-212\classes\core\Handler.inc.php on line 121
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in G:\ocs-212\classes\core\Handler.inc.php on line 122
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in G:\ocs-212\classes\core\ArrayItemIterator.inc.php on line 180
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I saw "Bug 4775 - Possible PHP 5.3 Problems" but I am not sure how to apply that patch against OCS 2.1.2. Could someone please give me a pointer?

Thanks

LL

[ll]

Ok. After I saw "Bug 4775 - Possible PHP 5.3 Problems", I copied the code (listed under OCS fix) to top of the index.php (in OCS folder). When I point my browser (to OCS folder), I get the error message “Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_DNUMBER in G:\ocs-212\index.php on line 55” (Line 55 is the first line of the fix, which is: diff -u -r1.5.2.1 BlockPlugin.inc.php.

So I believe that I am not applying this patch correctly. What change(s) I need to do? PLEAESE HELP!!

Thanks

LL

[jmacgreg]

Hi LL,

I don't think you are applying the patch properly. You can find information on using patches online or even on this forum through a quick search -- windows-specific information by searching, for example, for "patch windows".

Cheers,
James

[ll]

Hi James,

Thank you for your post. After searching OJS forum, found a way to apply the patch - this is what I did: I ran patch.exe (downloaded from SourceForge) with patch -p0 < 4775.patch . 4775.patch is the code I copied from the 475 Bug Fix. patch was applied (at least it said so), but still I am gettimng the same set of errors. I did do a re-start of the XAMPP to no avail.

What am I doing wrong thios time?

Thanks

LL

[ll]

OK folks, I "downgraded" XAMPP to version 1.6.7 and then I was able to install OCS. Only issue now is it comes up as OCS 2.1.2.0 as the version - shouldn't it come up as 2.1.2.1?

[jmacgreg]

HI LL,

A silly question, I know, but are you sure you installed the most recent version from the download page?

Cheers,
James

[ll]

Hi James,

Thank you for your post. Yes it was the one list under "current stable release".

However, guess what I did? In desperation, deleted the OCS folder and re-installed it from scratch and now it behaves fine! I had that patch 4775 applied to my previous installation and I did unpatch it before I tried with XAMPP 1.6.7. Obviouly the unpatching has not taken OCS installation back to the original (unpatched) state?

Thanks for your suggestion, though.

Regards

LL