PHP Warning

[DJ Matt]

My vbulletin seems to be working fine, but when I log into my hosting/server site to check the CGI error logs I am getting the following error message. I talked to someone from Powweb who hosts my web site and they said I have to ask vbulletin about the problem. She said it was a script I needed to verify. The following error message is below. Can somebody point me in the right direction on what to do?

PHP Warning: Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated - argument passed by value; If you would like to pass it by reference, modify the declaration of fsockopen(). If you would like to enable call-time pass-by-reference, you can set allow_call_time_pass_reference to true in your INI file. However, future versions may not support this any longer. in /hermes/web03/****/***.******/htdocs/forums/index.php(485) : eval()'d code on line 158

[Lats]

You could try bumping Eva2000's very old thead here...

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3168

I'm sure he would have found out by now

[Lats]

Actually, just googling around with that error message, suggests it relates to a very old version of php - is that the case for you?

[DJ Matt]

I am actually running a new version of PHP believe. It is version 4.4.4. There is another version if I log into my Ops panel. There is version 5.1.5. Should I just select that? I am just afraid of losing data.

[DJ Matt]

I am not sure what to do. I just changed it to the 5.1.5 version, but it was still giving me CGI errors. The forum itself works ok, but sometimes it takes a while for a page to load. It waill say done in the bottom left corner of the Internet Explorer window, but nothing is up yet on that page. If I do switch it to PHP 5.1.5, it says something for it being with new php files only. I have no idea. I am not a master on PHP so my knowledge is limited, but I am sure more than 1 person that owns vbulletin has had this problem and can point me in the right direction. I am running vbulletin version 3.5.4 if that helps...

[DJ Matt]

Anybody?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

This is just a warning, and they are supressed while using vBulletin. This is nothing to worry about.

Looking at the message in your first post, this is very likely caused by a modification you have installed.

[DJ Matt]

This is just a warning, and they are supressed while using vBulletin. This is nothing to worry about.

Looking at the message in your first post, this is very likely caused by a modification you have installed.

Thanks for replying. So its nothing I need to worry about for the future? Also, I tried disabling some of the hacks/mods that I have installed on my site and just tried surfing on my site and I noticed in the CGI logs I was getting this error message below.

PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function: parsehide() in /hermes/web03/b327/***.******/htdocs/forums/includes/functions_forumdisplay.php on line 163


Also, I notice a bit of a lag in my site from going from one page to the next. For instance, if I open a new browser window on my forum, it will go to that page and say "Done" in the bottom left corner of the Internet Explorer window, but nothing shows up on the page yet. You have to wait sometimes 10-15 seconds for the page to load.