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Parameter 1 to theme_field() expected to be a reference, value given in /opt/lampp/htdocs/bms/networksna/includes/theme.inc on line 171.

I've followed the guide from going from a test environment to a production found here: http://drupal.org/creating-drupal-test-sites

I moved to a new host, not a new directory as the guide does. I created a new DB and imported. I copied the web files and edited settings.php. I see my site data but this theme.inc error appears on nearly every page.

After logging in I receive 10 of these errors:
warning: Parameter 3 to block_user() expected to be a reference, value given in /opt/lampp/htdocs/bms/networksna/includes/module.inc on line 386.

Administer-> Status report fails to load anything. HTML Source is empty but server response headers are still sent.

Unfortunately I can't find anyone else with this error. Anyone have any ideas?

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ryan.nauman’s picture

ryan.nauman commented

I believe this is because the new environment has PHP 5.3 instead of 5.29 like the old environment. People have commented on this being a problem with Drupal 6.x but no one mentions Drupal 5.x with these compatibility issues. Can anyone comment?

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ryan.nauman commented

PHP 5.29 solved this

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truebluejw commented

I'm having the same exact errors. This is after upgrading php as well to 5.3.0. What needs to be done to stop these errors?

yan’s picture

yan commented

I get the same error after an upgrade to PHP 5.3 with Drupal 5.21:

Parameter 1 to theme_field() expected to be a reference, value given  in /includes/theme.inc on line 171.

Any more ideas how to solve this?

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naught101 commented

upgrade to drupal 6 or 7

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Lios commented

I just migrated and have this same issue. Is there a solution?

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CovertHolistic commented

Hi, just had this same problem - though in the opposite way to how most people encountered it I imagine!

I was copying a live site (running PHP 5.2.14 Drupal 5.19) to my dev environment (running PHP 5.3.1) and found this situation.

I opened the file 'sites/all/modules/cck/content.module', and went to line 1044:

function theme_field(&$node, &$field, &$items, $teaser, $page) {

changed it to:

function theme_field($node, $field, $items, $teaser, $page) {

Seems to do the trick. Not exactly sure why, but might at least remove the warning messages while we figure it out!

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mvc
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Your solution looks exactly right to me.

I've posted a patch with an explanation of why I think it's right in the CCK issue queue: #914268: PHP 5.3 bug in theme_field()

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keypetery commented

Host (5dollarhosting) upgraded php/mySQL version, but this solution (and related patch) worked for me. Thanks!

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astra commented

My site under Drupal 4.7 have the same problem after upgrading to php 5.3:

Parameter 1 to theme_field() expected to be a reference, value given in .../includes/theme.inc op lijn 166.

Go to modules/cck/content.module, and change the line ( line 890 for D4.7, line 1044 for D5):

function theme_field(&$node, &$field, &$items, $teaser, $page) {

with new one:

function theme_field($node, $field, $items, $teaser, $page) {

It seems to fix the problem.

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mulaysmara commented

I m about to upgrade a website, I have Drupal 5.x installed and I have the same error.
Would I be able to upgrade to Drupal 6.x without fixing such errors????