Deprecated

[joaquincf]

Hello.

I've updated my XAMPP version, so that the php version has been updated too. My problem is that now, when I try to see my OJS journal my web browser displays it:


Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\OJS\classes\core\Core.inc.php on line 52

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\OJS\classes\core\Core.inc.php on line 56

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\OJS\classes\core\Handler.inc.php on line 122

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\OJS\classes\core\Handler.inc.php on line 123

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\xampp\htdocs\OJS\classes\core\ArrayItemIterator.inc.php on line 181

Do you know how to solve it?

Thanks in advance.

[bar338]

I don't know if its the right thing to do, but i managed to fix this problem when i had it. I just went through to each line where the error occurred ( alot of lines) and deleted the & sign. It fixed the problem and didn't cause any more errors.

[mcrider]

Hi folks,

Alternatively, you can turn off E_STRICT error reporting in your php.ini file (which is typically something you should do with a production server anyway). The reason we haven't fixed this in our software is to ensure PHP4 backwards-compatibility.

Cheers,
Matt

[joaquincf]

I would like to fix the problem without modifying the code (not deleting &), so that I'm trying to turn off E_STRICT error reporting in my php.ini but it seems not working.

I modify php.ini file placed at C:\xampp\php\php.ini

The original error reporting line was:
error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_DEPRECATED

and the new line is:
error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_DEPRECATED & ~E_STRICT

I think that it turns off E_STRICT error reporting but same errors are displayed.

Is the new line what I must write?

Thanks in advance.

[mcrider]

Hi Joaquin,

Have you restarted XAMPP? There might be some specific way to do this with XAMPP, try checking the guide for it. Turning off strict notices should definitely suppress these messages.

Cheers,
Matt

[joaquincf]

Yes I've restarted XAMPP by executing c:\xampp\xampp_restart.exe. Even I've restarted the server but this error messages are shown yet.

Could be a problem if I modify the code and I delete & of the referenced lines?

Thanks in advance.

[mcrider]

Hi Joaquin,

Hm.. You can try adding ini_set('error_reporting', 'E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE | E_STRICT'); to the top of your index.php file; This should ensure that warnings are not displayed despite what your php.ini file is saying.

Cheers,
Matt

[joaquincf]

I've added ini_set('error_reporting', 'E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE | E_STRICT'); at the top of my index.php file but same errors are shown.

Do you have more ideas?

Thanks in advance.

[bubbleBoy]

i added that line to the top of my index.php file and it didnt get rid of those erros/warnings?
How did you solve it?

[behz4d]

For those who are still suffering from this "Deprecated" error, all you need to do to get rid of errors is:
in 'includes/driver.inc.php', line 29: error_reporting(E_ALL);
change the above line with:
error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_DEPRECATED ^ E_WARNING);

That's just a way to run away from errors and not showing them...