Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file include/common.php line 215

Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file kernel/config.php line 239

Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file kernel/config.php line 239

Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file kernel/groupperm.php line 229

Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file kernel/blockinstance.php line 169

Notice [PHP]: Only variable references should be returned by reference in file kernel/blockinstance.php line 111

Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file modules/system/blocks/system_blocks.php line 151

Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file kernel/groupperm.php line 229

Notice [PHP]: Only variables should be assigned by reference in file modules/system/blocks/system_blocks.php line 154

No need to worry. They are just notices, not "Warning" or "Error" messages. They pop up from time to time but shouldn't affect your site's functionality.

If you want to hide them, check in XOOPS admin -> preferences -> general if debug mode is set and turn it off.

If it is off you need to set in php.ini file error handling with option :

& ~E_NOTICE

Isn't this a PHP-version problem? I just had the same thing.. is it ok to just ignore it, and are there any (not too complex) ways to get rid of them? A patch?

hi eulogy.

As mentioned, these are warning messages and are due to recent php language changes (in versions 4 and 5) in regards to returning function variable by reference.

This is not a problem and this has been addressed (at least in the core) in XOOPS 2.3.

Your best option is just to disable php debug messages as these should really be off for a production site as debug messages often give away you base directory (read security risk).

Cheers.

McNaz.

Thanks... It's just a bit irritating that there might be "real" error messages between these messages