Atm php5 doesn't support this:

function foo(&$a) {
	return new Bar;
}

diff --git a/pear/PEAR.php b/pear/PEAR.php
index 3062194d5cbcd29c9e37fb48d4bc33907b8370b0..84994fee1781b81a58a6327ff7ebc9fb2df6b2d9 100644 (file)
--- a/pear/PEAR.php
+++ b/pear/PEAR.php
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ class PEAR
      * @see PEAR::setErrorHandling
      * @since PHP 4.0.5
      */
-    function &raiseError($message = null,
+    function raiseError($message = null,
                          $code = null,
                          $mode = null,
                          $options = null,