[TYPO3-core] RFC #12022: PHP-5.3 warning about missing references with some extensions

[Martin Kutschker]

Rupert Germann schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> this is a SVN patch request.
> 
> Type: Bugfix
> 
> Bugtracker references:
> http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=12022
> 
> Branches: Trunk, (and possibly older, will test asap)
> 
> Problem:
> when TYpo3 is running under PHP 5.3 and you have an extension on a page
> which uses a reference in its main function
> 
> function main($content, &$conf) ...
> 
> you'll get the following warning:
> 
> Core: Error handler (FE): PHP Warning: Parameter 2 to
> tx_ttnews::main_news() expected to be a reference, value given in
> C:\xampp\xampp\htdocs\typo3\dummy-4.2.9\typo3\sysext\cms\tslib\class.tslib_content.php
> line 6605
> 
> Hint: there is no error in tt_news - I just simulated it by adding the
> reference ;-)
> 
> Solution:
> add the missing reference operator in class tslib_content function
> callUserFunction()

I don't think that $content and $conf were ever meant to be passed by reference. So IMHO it's the
extensions that should be changed, not the Core.

Masi