Posted by petersprc on 01/21/08 00:12

In E_ALL | E_STRICT mode, the warning is: PHP Strict Standards: Only
variables should be passed by reference

array_shift expects a variable, but the newer php considers the
argument being passed an anonymous value it seems...

You can fix this by doing $rest = func_get_args() before array_shift.

On Jan 20, 5:16 pm, Csaba Gabor <dans...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Between Dec 16, 2005 and May 31, 2006 a significant change occurred in
> one aspect of how php (version 5.1 on Win XP) arguments are handled.
> Consider the following script which changed behaviour in that
> timeframe:
>
> <?php
> // Will func2 show 3 or 4 args from the following call?
> argTester("func2", "two", "three", "four");
>
> function argTester() {
> // does a call to its first argument
> print "in argTester with " . func_num_args() . " args;";
> print " arg1: " . func_get_arg(0) . "\n\n";
> return call_user_func_array (
> "".array_shift($argsRest=func_get_args()), $argsRest); }
>
> function func2 ($arg0) {
> // displays its arguments
> $aArg = func_get_args();
> print "In " . __FUNCTION__ . " with " . func_num_args();
> print " args: " . implode("; ", $aArg); }
> ?>
>
> Should func2 show 3 or 4 arguments based on the last line of
> argTester?
>
> What I would like to determine is why the change came about,
> and whether it was intentional or an artifact due to something else.
> Could anyone point me to the proper group or person, please.
>
> Thanks,
> Csaba Gabor from Vienna

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