[TYPO3-dev] Weird problems with xcache and deprecated use of pass-by-reference

[Xavier Perseguers]

Hi,

> I'd like to share a weird problem I had today.
>
> I ran into fatal PHP errors with TYPO3:
>
> %<-------
> mod_fcgid: stderr: PHP Fatal error:  Class 't3lib_div' not found in
> /var/www/typo3_src/typo3_src-4.4/t3lib/class.t3lib_autoloader.php on
> line 107
> -------%<
>
> I could identify a call to:
> t3lib_div::getUrl($uri, 0, FALSE,&$report);
> which caused the error.
>
> The error does not occur when I turn off xcache. Instead I get an
> deprecation warning:
> %<-------
> PHP : Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated in /var/www/...
> -------%<
>
> When I correctly use
> t3lib_div::getUrl($uri, 0, FALSE, $report);
> without&, it works both with and without xcache
>
> Using latest TYPO3 4.4 branch on PHP 5.3.3 with fcgid and php-xcache
> (Debian squeeze).
>
> The fatal error is very misleading, so be warned if you run into similar
> cases.

What about a patch? It deserves it...

Cheers
Xavier