I've seen this error come up on several popular scripts like:

Vbulletin
PHPBB
Wordpress
Drupal
SolidState

the only real solution for this is to downgrade your php.

if you want to know what version you have type this command:

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I have two servers, one one server, i get this error, but on the other server i don't.


here is the server where i do get the error: (PHP Version 5.0.5)

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Here is my php version on ther server i DON'T get the error (PHP Version 5.1.4 with Zend Optimizer)

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So to fix your problem, install PHP Version 5.1.4 by either upgrading or downgrading. Hope this helps...

Also, i found this at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=33643

Bug #33643 Fatal error: Only variables can be passed by reference
Submitted: 11 Jul 2005 1:06pm UTC Modified: 16 Aug 2005 9:04pm UTC
From: Jason at hybd dot net
Status: Wont fix Category: Scripting Engine problem
Version: 4CVS-2005-07-18 OS: *

Yes, you are right, this may be a bug with the PHP version, I upraded PHP and now i am not getting this error anymore.

this is my php -v now that i upgraded


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Thanks for your support