Warning: Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated

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• prasad.a

  May 2009 Vote Up0Vote Down

  reinaldo,
  
  your server does not meet the recommended php configuration:
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  regards,
  prasad
  vtiger team
• rcavassana

  May 2009 Vote Up0Vote Down

  tks, but i check paramets and all is ok.
• cssone

  June 2009 Vote Up0Vote Down

  i'm having the same problem & parameters are alright.
• cssone

  June 2009 Vote Up0Vote Down

  follow-up
  
  i learned this is strictly a php error.
  
  a search through the internet shows this can be solved one of three ways:
  
  (1) enable "allow_call_time_pass_reference" to "true" in the php.ini file
  (2) edit the indicated file and remove "&" from the expression
  
  saveinventoryproductdetails($this, 'purchaseorder', $this->update_prod_stock);
  
  instead of
  
  saveinventoryproductdetails($this, 'purchaseorder',&$this->update_prod_stock);
  
  (3) turn php errors off (which wherever i looked the experts constantly advised not to)
  
  i did number 2 and have continued on.
  
  note: if you don't fix the "allow_call_time_pass_reference" error. you will get another nasty error when you try to display a pdf version of a purchase order or invoice.
• akerman

  June 2010 Vote Up0Vote Down

  since this parameter is depreceated in php it is recommended that the application code is rewritten with proper function calls.
  
  something i hope that the vtiger team takes to heart ti'll v 5.2.0
  
  part from that, not all hosted environments allow users on shared servers to do override on the php files. there are of course ways to get around this but it is nothing for the normal user to try to accomplish.
  
  it is also hard to give any exact advice, since the server environments differs from case to case.
  
  in hosting environment generally:
  1. copy servers php.ini to your own /cgi-bin/ in the target domain
  2. make a script wrapper
  3. edit the php.ini in the target domain
  4. edit and activate .htaccess file in target domain
  
  or
  
  make this change:
  
  /smarty/libs/smarty.class.php
  
  where you have vtigercrm installed and enter in these 3 lines of code right after the comments:
  
  

  ini_set ('max_execution_time', 600);
  ini_set ('allow_call_time_pass_reference', true);
  ini_set ('error_reporting', e_warning & ~e_notice);
  

  
  
  good examples here:
  <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://wiki.dreamhost.com/php.ini">http://wiki.dreamhost.com/php.ini</a><!-- m -->
  <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://wiki.dreamhost.com/vtiger_crm">http://wiki.dreamhost.com/vtiger_crm</a><!-- m -->
  
  regards
  akerman
• akerman

  June 2010 Vote Up0Vote Down

  personally i prefer "cssone" solution above
  
  edit the following files (or the files that gives you warning):
  
  purchase order
  
  from:

  saveinventoryproductdetails(&$this, 'purchaseorder', $this->update_prod_stock);
  

  to:

  saveinventoryproductdetails($this, 'purchaseorder', $this->update_prod_stock);
  

  
  invoice
  
  from:

  saveinventoryproductdetails(&$this, 'invoice');
  

  to:

  saveinventoryproductdetails($this, 'invoice');

  
  sales order
  
  from:

  saveinventoryproductdetails($this, 'salesorder');
  

  to:

  saveinventoryproductdetails($this, 'salesorder');
  

  
  
  remember: if you by any chance makes changes to "smarty.class.php" as mentioned above, you might not see all error warnings. so be sure to remove any changes there first so you see all errors and can deal with them accordingly.
  
  regards
  akerman