My deprecation checker is throwing this error:
Using deprecated language feature assign by reference(&=) Since PHP 5.3 use normal assignment instead.
So, I am trying to figure out how to re-code the methods in this class to not use by reference or at least use it properly (if it is allowed at all - which I'm not clear on either).
below is the portion of the class using by reference. The entire class is here, the test and the deprecation checker log is here.
I would like some help recoding the class to remove the use of by reference
class ParameterBag
{
/**
* Sets value.
* can use 'key' = ['subkey' => value, 'subkey2' => value2]
* or
* 'key.subkey' = value
* 'key.subkey2' = value2
*
* @param $key
* @param $value
*/
public function set($key, $value)
{
$parameters = &$this->resolvePath($key, true);
$key = $this->resolveKey($key);
$parameters[$key] = $value;
}
/**
* Resolves a path in parameters property and returns it as a reference.
*
* This method allows structured namespacing of parameters.
*
* @param string $key Key name
* @param boolean $writeContext Write context, default false
*
* @return array
*/
private function &resolvePath($key, $writeContext = false)
{
$array = &$this->parameters;
$key = (strpos($key, $this->ns) === 0) ? substr($key, 1) : $key;
// Check if there is anything to do, else return
if (!$key) {
return $array;
}
$parts = explode($this->ns, $key);
if (count($parts) < 2) {
if (!$writeContext) {
return $array;
}
$array[$parts[0]] = [];
return $array;
}
unset($parts[count($parts) - 1]);
foreach ($parts as $part) {
if (!array_key_exists($part, $array)) {
if (!$writeContext) {
return $array;
}
$array[$part] = [];
}
$array = &$array[$part];
}
return $array;
}
}
