Strict Standards Only variables should be assigned by reference PHP 5 4

Question

I upgraded my PHP version to 5 4  XAMPP 1 7 3 to 1 8 0   Now I see Strict Standards error  for myDBconnection   Strict Standards  Only variables should be assigned by reference in C  xampp htdocs alous include dbconn php on line 4  dbconn php   lt  php     defined   VALID   or die  Restricted Access           conn    amp ADONewConnection  config  db type         lt --- This Line 4      if     conn- gt Connect  config  db host                              config  db user                              config  db pass                              config  db name                echo  Could not connect to MySQL  Please check your database settings            die               conn- gt execute  quot SET NAMES  utf8  quot      gt   Note  I don t need to disable Strict Standards in php ini with this method error reporting   E ALL  amp   E NOTICE  amp   E STRICT  I want to fix my PHP code

User · Accepted Answer

You should remove the  amp   ampersand  symbol  so that line 4 will look like this    conn   ADONewConnection  config  db type       This is because ADONewConnection already returns an object by reference  As per documentation  assigning the result of a reference to object by reference results in an E DEPRECATED message as of PHP 5 3 0

User · Answer

It s because you re trying to assign an object by reference  Remove the ampersand and your script should work as intended

[php] Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference PHP 5.4

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