Ticket #12367: simplepie_deprecated_notices.diff

wp-includes/class-simplepie.php

@@ -735 +735 @@
         function SimplePie($feed_url = null, $cache_location = null, $cache_duration = null)
         {
                 // Other objects, instances created here so we can set options on them
-                $this->sanitize =& new SimplePie_Sanitize;
+                $this->sanitize = new SimplePie_Sanitize;
 
                 // Set options if they're passed to the constructor
                 if ($cache_location !== null)
@@ -1105 +1105 @@
         {
                 if (SimplePie_Misc::is_subclass_of($class, 'SimplePie_Sanitize'))
                 {
-                        $this->sanitize =& new $class;
+                        $this->sanitize = new $class;
                         return true;
                 }
                 return false;
@@ -1599 +1599 @@
                                                                 {
                                                                         $headers['if-none-match'] = '"' . $this->data['headers']['etag'] . '"';
                                                                 }
-                                                                $file =& new $this->file_class($this->feed_url, $this->timeout/10, 5, $headers, $this->useragent, $this->force_fsockopen);
+                                                                $file = new $this->file_class($this->feed_url, $this->timeout/10, 5, $headers, $this->useragent, $this->force_fsockopen);
                                                                 if ($file->success)
                                                                 {
                                                                         if ($file->status_code === 304)
@@ -1640 +1640 @@
                                         }
                                         else
                                         {
-                                                $file =& new $this->file_class($this->feed_url, $this->timeout, 5, null, $this->useragent, $this->force_fsockopen);
+                                                $file = new $this->file_class($this->feed_url, $this->timeout, 5, null, $this->useragent, $this->force_fsockopen);
                                         }
                                 }
                                 // If the file connection has an error, set SimplePie::error to that and quit
@@ -1660 +1660 @@
                                 if (!$this->force_feed)
                                 {
                                         // Check if the supplied URL is a feed, if it isn't, look for it.
-                                        $locate =& new $this->locator_class($file, $this->timeout, $this->useragent, $this->file_class, $this->max_checked_feeds, $this->content_type_sniffer_class);
+                                        $locate = new $this->locator_class($file, $this->timeout, $this->useragent, $this->file_class, $this->max_checked_feeds, $this->content_type_sniffer_class);
                                         if (!$locate->is_feed($file))
                                         {
                                                 // We need to unset this so that if SimplePie::set_file() has been called that object is untouched
@@ -1690 +1690 @@
 
                                 $headers = $file->headers;
                                 $data = $file->body;
-                                $sniffer =& new $this->content_type_sniffer_class($file);
+                                $sniffer = new $this->content_type_sniffer_class($file);
                                 $sniffed = $sniffer->get_type();
                         }
                         else
@@ -1760 +1760 @@
                                 if ($utf8_data = SimplePie_Misc::change_encoding($data, $encoding, 'UTF-8'))
                                 {
                                         // Create new parser
-                                        $parser =& new $this->parser_class();
+                                        $parser = new $this->parser_class();
 
                                         // If it's parsed fine
                                         if ($parser->parse($utf8_data, 'UTF-8'))
@@ -1971 +1971 @@
                                 }
                                 else
                                 {
-                                        $file =& new $this->file_class($favicon, $this->timeout / 10, 5, array('X-FORWARDED-FOR' => $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']), $this->useragent, $this->force_fsockopen);
+                                        $file = new $this->file_class($favicon, $this->timeout / 10, 5, array('X-FORWARDED-FOR' => $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']), $this->useragent, $this->force_fsockopen);
 
                                         if ($file->success && ($file->method & SIMPLEPIE_FILE_SOURCE_REMOTE === 0 || ($file->status_code === 200 || $file->status_code > 206 && $file->status_code < 300)) && strlen($file->body) > 0)
                                         {
-                                                $sniffer =& new $this->content_type_sniffer_class($file);
+                                                $sniffer = new $this->content_type_sniffer_class($file);
                                                 if (substr($sniffer->get_type(), 0, 6) === 'image/')
                                                 {
                                                         if ($cache->save(array('headers' => $file->headers, 'body' => $file->body)))
@@ -2374 +2374 @@
                         {
                                 $label = $this->sanitize($category['attribs']['']['label'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                         }
-                        $categories[] =& new $this->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
+                        $categories[] = new $this->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
                 }
                 foreach ((array) $this->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_RSS_20, 'category') as $category)
                 {
@@ -2389 +2389 @@
                         {
                                 $scheme = null;
                         }
-                        $categories[] =& new $this->category_class($term, $scheme, null);
+                        $categories[] = new $this->category_class($term, $scheme, null);
                 }
                 foreach ((array) $this->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_DC_11, 'subject') as $category)
                 {
-                        $categories[] =& new $this->category_class($this->sanitize($category['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+                        $categories[] = new $this->category_class($this->sanitize($category['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
                 }
                 foreach ((array) $this->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_DC_10, 'subject') as $category)
                 {
-                        $categories[] =& new $this->category_class($this->sanitize($category['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+                        $categories[] = new $this->category_class($this->sanitize($category['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
                 }
 
                 if (!empty($categories))
@@ -2445 +2445 @@
                         }
                         if ($name !== null || $email !== null || $uri !== null)
                         {
-                                $authors[] =& new $this->author_class($name, $uri, $email);
+                                $authors[] = new $this->author_class($name, $uri, $email);
                         }
                 }
                 if ($author = $this->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ATOM_03, 'author'))
@@ -2467 +2467 @@
                         }
                         if ($name !== null || $email !== null || $url !== null)
                         {
-                                $authors[] =& new $this->author_class($name, $url, $email);
+                                $authors[] = new $this->author_class($name, $url, $email);
                         }
                 }
                 foreach ((array) $this->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_DC_11, 'creator') as $author)
                 {
-                        $authors[] =& new $this->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+                        $authors[] = new $this->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
                 }
                 foreach ((array) $this->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_DC_10, 'creator') as $author)
                 {
-                        $authors[] =& new $this->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+                        $authors[] = new $this->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
                 }
                 foreach ((array) $this->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ITUNES, 'author') as $author)
                 {
-                        $authors[] =& new $this->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+                        $authors[] = new $this->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
                 }
 
                 if (!empty($authors))
@@ -2528 +2528 @@
                         }
                         if ($name !== null || $email !== null || $uri !== null)
                         {
-                                $contributors[] =& new $this->author_class($name, $uri, $email);
+                                $contributors[] = new $this->author_class($name, $uri, $email);
                         }
                 }
                 foreach ((array) $this->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ATOM_03, 'contributor') as $contributor)
@@ -2550 +2550 @@
                         }
                         if ($name !== null || $email !== null || $url !== null)
                         {
-                                $contributors[] =& new $this->author_class($name, $url, $email);
+                                $contributors[] = new $this->author_class($name, $url, $email);
                         }
                 }
 
@@ -2963 +2963 @@
                                         $keys = array_keys($items);
                                         foreach ($keys as $key)
                                         {
-                                                $this->data['items'][] =& new $this->item_class($this, $items[$key]);
+                                                $this->data['items'][] = new $this->item_class($this, $items[$key]);
                                         }
                                 }
                                 if ($items = $this->get_feed_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ATOM_03, 'entry'))
@@ -2971 +2971 @@
                                         $keys = array_keys($items);
                                         foreach ($keys as $key)
                                         {
-                                                $this->data['items'][] =& new $this->item_class($this, $items[$key]);
+                                                $this->data['items'][] = new $this->item_class($this, $items[$key]);
                                         }
                                 }
                                 if ($items = $this->get_feed_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_RSS_10, 'item'))
@@ -2979 +2979 @@
                                         $keys = array_keys($items);
                                         foreach ($keys as $key)
                                         {
-                                                $this->data['items'][] =& new $this->item_class($this, $items[$key]);
+                                                $this->data['items'][] = new $this->item_class($this, $items[$key]);
                                         }
                                 }
                                 if ($items = $this->get_feed_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_RSS_090, 'item'))
@@ -2987 +2987 @@
                                         $keys = array_keys($items);
                                         foreach ($keys as $key)
                                         {
-                                                $this->data['items'][] =& new $this->item_class($this, $items[$key]);
+                                                $this->data['items'][] = new $this->item_class($this, $items[$key]);
                                         }
                                 }
                                 if ($items = $this->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_RSS_20, 'item'))
@@ -2995 +2995 @@
                                         $keys = array_keys($items);
                                         foreach ($keys as $key)
                                         {
-                                                $this->data['items'][] =& new $this->item_class($this, $items[$key]);
+                                                $this->data['items'][] = new $this->item_class($this, $items[$key]);
                                         }
                                 }
                         }
@@ -3346 +3346 @@
                         {
                                 $label = $this->sanitize($category['attribs']['']['label'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                         }
-                        $categories[] =& new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
+                        $categories[] = new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
                 }
                 foreach ((array) $this->get_item_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_RSS_20, 'category') as $category)
                 {
@@ -3361 +3361 @@
                         {
                                 $scheme = null;
                         }
-                        $categories[] =& new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, null);
+                        $categories[] = new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, null);
                 }
                 foreach ((array) $this->get_item_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_DC_11, 'subject') as $category)
                 {
-                        $categories[] =& new $this->feed->category_class($this->sanitize($category['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+                        $categories[] = new $this->feed->category_class($this->sanitize($category['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
                 }
                 foreach ((array) $this->get_item_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_DC_10, 'subject') as $category)
                 {
-                        $categories[] =& new $this->feed->category_class($this->sanitize($category['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+                        $categories[] = new $this->feed->category_class($this->sanitize($category['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
                 }
 
                 if (!empty($categories))
@@ -3430 +3430 @@
                         }
                         if ($name !== null || $email !== null || $uri !== null)
                         {
-                                $contributors[] =& new $this->feed->author_class($name, $uri, $email);
+                                $contributors[] = new $this->feed->author_class($name, $uri, $email);
                         }
                 }
                 foreach ((array) $this->get_item_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ATOM_03, 'contributor') as $contributor)
@@ -3452 +3452 @@
                         }
                         if ($name !== null || $email !== null || $url !== null)
                         {
-                                $contributors[] =& new $this->feed->author_class($name, $url, $email);
+                                $contributors[] = new $this->feed->author_class($name, $url, $email);
                         }
                 }
 
@@ -3488 +3488 @@
                         }
                         if ($name !== null || $email !== null || $uri !== null)
                         {
-                                $authors[] =& new $this->feed->author_class($name, $uri, $email);
+                                $authors[] = new $this->feed->author_class($name, $uri, $email);
                         }
                 }
                 if ($author = $this->get_item_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ATOM_03, 'author'))
@@ -3510 +3510 @@
                         }
                         if ($name !== null || $email !== null || $url !== null)
                         {
-                                $authors[] =& new $this->feed->author_class($name, $url, $email);
+                                $authors[] = new $this->feed->author_class($name, $url, $email);
                         }
                 }
                 if ($author = $this->get_item_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_RSS_20, 'author'))
                 {
-                        $authors[] =& new $this->feed->author_class(null, null, $this->sanitize($author[0]['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT));
+                        $authors[] = new $this->feed->author_class(null, null, $this->sanitize($author[0]['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT));
                 }
                 foreach ((array) $this->get_item_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_DC_11, 'creator') as $author)
                 {
-                        $authors[] =& new $this->feed->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+                        $authors[] = new $this->feed->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
                 }
                 foreach ((array) $this->get_item_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_DC_10, 'creator') as $author)
                 {
-                        $authors[] =& new $this->feed->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+                        $authors[] = new $this->feed->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
                 }
                 foreach ((array) $this->get_item_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ITUNES, 'author') as $author)
                 {
-                        $authors[] =& new $this->feed->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+                        $authors[] = new $this->feed->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
                 }
 
                 if (!empty($authors))
@@ -3837 +3837 @@
                                         {
                                                 $caption_text = $this->sanitize($caption['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                         }
-                                        $captions_parent[] =& new $this->feed->caption_class($caption_type, $caption_lang, $caption_startTime, $caption_endTime, $caption_text);
+                                        $captions_parent[] = new $this->feed->caption_class($caption_type, $caption_lang, $caption_startTime, $caption_endTime, $caption_text);
                                 }
                         }
                         elseif ($captions = $parent->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_MEDIARSS, 'text'))
@@ -3869 +3869 @@
                                         {
                                                 $caption_text = $this->sanitize($caption['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                         }
-                                        $captions_parent[] =& new $this->feed->caption_class($caption_type, $caption_lang, $caption_startTime, $caption_endTime, $caption_text);
+                                        $captions_parent[] = new $this->feed->caption_class($caption_type, $caption_lang, $caption_startTime, $caption_endTime, $caption_text);
                                 }
                         }
                         if (is_array($captions_parent))
@@ -3899 +3899 @@
                                 {
                                         $label = $this->sanitize($category['attribs']['']['label'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                 }
-                                $categories_parent[] =& new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
+                                $categories_parent[] = new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
                         }
                         foreach ((array) $parent->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_MEDIARSS, 'category') as $category)
                         {
@@ -3922 +3922 @@
                                 {
                                         $label = $this->sanitize($category['attribs']['']['label'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                 }
-                                $categories_parent[] =& new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
+                                $categories_parent[] = new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
                         }
                         foreach ((array) $parent->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ITUNES, 'category') as $category)
                         {
@@ -3933 +3933 @@
                                 {
                                         $label = $this->sanitize($category['attribs']['']['text'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                 }
-                                $categories_parent[] =& new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
+                                $categories_parent[] = new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
 
                                 if (isset($category['child'][SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ITUNES]['category']))
                                 {
@@ -3943 +3943 @@
                                                 {
                                                         $label = $this->sanitize($subcategory['attribs']['']['text'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                                 }
-                                                $categories_parent[] =& new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
+                                                $categories_parent[] = new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
                                         }
                                 }
                         }
@@ -3965 +3965 @@
                                 {
                                         $copyright_label = $this->sanitize($copyright[0]['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                 }
-                                $copyrights_parent =& new $this->feed->copyright_class($copyright_url, $copyright_label);
+                                $copyrights_parent = new $this->feed->copyright_class($copyright_url, $copyright_label);
                         }
                         elseif ($copyright = $parent->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_MEDIARSS, 'copyright'))
                         {
@@ -3979 +3979 @@
                                 {
                                         $copyright_label = $this->sanitize($copyright[0]['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                 }
-                                $copyrights_parent =& new $this->feed->copyright_class($copyright_url, $copyright_label);
+                                $copyrights_parent = new $this->feed->copyright_class($copyright_url, $copyright_label);
                         }
 
                         // CREDITS
@@ -4006 +4006 @@
                                         {
                                                 $credit_name = $this->sanitize($credit['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                         }
-                                        $credits_parent[] =& new $this->feed->credit_class($credit_role, $credit_scheme, $credit_name);
+                                        $credits_parent[] = new $this->feed->credit_class($credit_role, $credit_scheme, $credit_name);
                                 }
                         }
                         elseif ($credits = $parent->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_MEDIARSS, 'credit'))
@@ -4032 +4032 @@
                                         {
                                                 $credit_name = $this->sanitize($credit['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                         }
-                                        $credits_parent[] =& new $this->feed->credit_class($credit_role, $credit_scheme, $credit_name);
+                                        $credits_parent[] = new $this->feed->credit_class($credit_role, $credit_scheme, $credit_name);
                                 }
                         }
                         if (is_array($credits_parent))
@@ -4221 +4221 @@
                                         {
                                                 $rating_value = $this->sanitize($rating['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                         }
-                                        $ratings_parent[] =& new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
+                                        $ratings_parent[] = new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
                                 }
                         }
                         elseif ($ratings = $this->get_item_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ITUNES, 'explicit'))
@@ -4234 +4234 @@
                                         {
                                                 $rating_value = $this->sanitize($rating['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                         }
-                                        $ratings_parent[] =& new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
+                                        $ratings_parent[] = new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
                                 }
                         }
                         elseif ($ratings = $parent->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_MEDIARSS, 'rating'))
@@ -4255 +4255 @@
                                         {
                                                 $rating_value = $this->sanitize($rating['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                         }
-                                        $ratings_parent[] =& new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
+                                        $ratings_parent[] = new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
                                 }
                         }
                         elseif ($ratings = $parent->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ITUNES, 'explicit'))
@@ -4268 +4268 @@
                                         {
                                                 $rating_value = $this->sanitize($rating['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                         }
-                                        $ratings_parent[] =& new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
+                                        $ratings_parent[] = new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
                                 }
                         }
                         if (is_array($ratings_parent))
@@ -4296 +4296 @@
                                         {
                                                 $restriction_value = $this->sanitize($restriction['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                         }
-                                        $restrictions_parent[] =& new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
+                                        $restrictions_parent[] = new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
                                 }
                         }
                         elseif ($restrictions = $this->get_item_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ITUNES, 'block'))
@@ -4310 +4310 @@
                                         {
                                                 $restriction_relationship = 'deny';
                                         }
-                                        $restrictions_parent[] =& new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
+                                        $restrictions_parent[] = new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
                                 }
                         }
                         elseif ($restrictions = $parent->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_MEDIARSS, 'restriction'))
@@ -4332 +4332 @@
                                         {
                                                 $restriction_value = $this->sanitize($restriction['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                         }
-                                        $restrictions_parent[] =& new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
+                                        $restrictions_parent[] = new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
                                 }
                         }
                         elseif ($restrictions = $parent->get_channel_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ITUNES, 'block'))
@@ -4346 +4346 @@
                                         {
                                                 $restriction_relationship = 'deny';
                                         }
-                                        $restrictions_parent[] =& new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
+                                        $restrictions_parent[] = new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
                                 }
                         }
                         if (is_array($restrictions_parent))
@@ -4550 +4550 @@
                                                                 {
                                                                         $caption_text = $this->sanitize($caption['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                                                 }
-                                                                $captions[] =& new $this->feed->caption_class($caption_type, $caption_lang, $caption_startTime, $caption_endTime, $caption_text);
+                                                                $captions[] = new $this->feed->caption_class($caption_type, $caption_lang, $caption_startTime, $caption_endTime, $caption_text);
                                                         }
                                                         if (is_array($captions))
                                                         {
@@ -4586 +4586 @@
                                                                 {
                                                                         $caption_text = $this->sanitize($caption['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                                                 }
-                                                                $captions[] =& new $this->feed->caption_class($caption_type, $caption_lang, $caption_startTime, $caption_endTime, $caption_text);
+                                                                $captions[] = new $this->feed->caption_class($caption_type, $caption_lang, $caption_startTime, $caption_endTime, $caption_text);
                                                         }
                                                         if (is_array($captions))
                                                         {
@@ -4622 +4622 @@
                                                                 {
                                                                         $label = $this->sanitize($category['attribs']['']['label'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                                                 }
-                                                                $categories[] =& new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
+                                                                $categories[] = new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
                                                         }
                                                 }
                                                 if (isset($group['child'][SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_MEDIARSS]['category']))
@@ -4648 +4648 @@
                                                                 {
                                                                         $label = $this->sanitize($category['attribs']['']['label'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                                                 }
-                                                                $categories[] =& new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
+                                                                $categories[] = new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
                                                         }
                                                 }
                                                 if (is_array($categories) && is_array($categories_parent))
@@ -4677 +4677 @@
                                                         {
                                                                 $copyright_label = $this->sanitize($content['child'][SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_MEDIARSS]['copyright'][0]['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                                         }
-                                                        $copyrights =& new $this->feed->copyright_class($copyright_url, $copyright_label);
+                                                        $copyrights = new $this->feed->copyright_class($copyright_url, $copyright_label);
                                                 }
                                                 elseif (isset($group['child'][SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_MEDIARSS]['copyright']))
                                                 {
@@ -4691 +4691 @@
                                                         {
                                                                 $copyright_label = $this->sanitize($group['child'][SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_MEDIARSS]['copyright'][0]['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                                         }
-                                                        $copyrights =& new $this->feed->copyright_class($copyright_url, $copyright_label);
+                                                        $copyrights = new $this->feed->copyright_class($copyright_url, $copyright_label);
                                                 }
                                                 else
                                                 {
@@ -4722 +4722 @@
                                                                 {
                                                                         $credit_name = $this->sanitize($credit['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                                                 }
-                                                                $credits[] =& new $this->feed->credit_class($credit_role, $credit_scheme, $credit_name);
+                                                                $credits[] = new $this->feed->credit_class($credit_role, $credit_scheme, $credit_name);
                                                         }
                                                         if (is_array($credits))
                                                         {
@@ -4752 +4752 @@
                                                                 {
                                                                         $credit_name = $this->sanitize($credit['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                                                 }
-                                                                $credits[] =& new $this->feed->credit_class($credit_role, $credit_scheme, $credit_name);
+                                                                $credits[] = new $this->feed->credit_class($credit_role, $credit_scheme, $credit_name);
                                                         }
                                                         if (is_array($credits))
                                                         {
@@ -4905 +4905 @@
                                                                 {
                                                                         $rating_value = $this->sanitize($rating['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                                                 }
-                                                                $ratings[] =& new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
+                                                                $ratings[] = new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
                                                         }
                                                         if (is_array($ratings))
                                                         {
@@ -4930 +4930 @@
                                                                 {
                                                                         $rating_value = $this->sanitize($rating['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                                                 }
-                                                                $ratings[] =& new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
+                                                                $ratings[] = new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
                                                         }
                                                         if (is_array($ratings))
                                                         {
@@ -4962 +4962 @@
                                                                 {
                                                                         $restriction_value = $this->sanitize($restriction['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                                                 }
-                                                                $restrictions[] =& new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
+                                                                $restrictions[] = new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
                                                         }
                                                         if (is_array($restrictions))
                                                         {
@@ -4988 +4988 @@
                                                                 {
                                                                         $restriction_value = $this->sanitize($restriction['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                                                 }
-                                                                $restrictions[] =& new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
+                                                                $restrictions[] = new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
                                                         }
                                                         if (is_array($restrictions))
                                                         {
@@ -5042 +5042 @@
                                                         $title = $title_parent;
                                                 }
 
-                                                $this->data['enclosures'][] =& new $this->feed->enclosure_class($url, $type, $length, $this->feed->javascript, $bitrate, $captions, $categories, $channels, $copyrights, $credits, $description, $duration, $expression, $framerate, $hashes, $height, $keywords, $lang, $medium, $player, $ratings, $restrictions, $samplingrate, $thumbnails, $title, $width);
+                                                $this->data['enclosures'][] = new $this->feed->enclosure_class($url, $type, $length, $this->feed->javascript, $bitrate, $captions, $categories, $channels, $copyrights, $credits, $description, $duration, $expression, $framerate, $hashes, $height, $keywords, $lang, $medium, $player, $ratings, $restrictions, $samplingrate, $thumbnails, $title, $width);
                                         }
                                 }
                         }
@@ -5171 +5171 @@
                                                                 {
                                                                         $caption_text = $this->sanitize($caption['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                                                 }
-                                                                $captions[] =& new $this->feed->caption_class($caption_type, $caption_lang, $caption_startTime, $caption_endTime, $caption_text);
+                                                                $captions[] = new $this->feed->caption_class($caption_type, $caption_lang, $caption_startTime, $caption_endTime, $caption_text);
                                                         }
                                                         if (is_array($captions))
                                                         {
@@ -5207 +5207 @@
                                                                 {
                                                                         $label = $this->sanitize($category['attribs']['']['label'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                                                 }
-                                                                $categories[] =& new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
+                                                                $categories[] = new $this->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
                                                         }
                                                 }
                                                 if (is_array($categories) && is_array($categories_parent))
@@ -5240 +5240 @@
                                                         {
                                                                 $copyright_label = $this->sanitize($content['child'][SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_MEDIARSS]['copyright'][0]['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                                         }
-                                                        $copyrights =& new $this->feed->copyright_class($copyright_url, $copyright_label);
+                                                        $copyrights = new $this->feed->copyright_class($copyright_url, $copyright_label);
                                                 }
                                                 else
                                                 {
@@ -5271 +5271 @@
                                                                 {
                                                                         $credit_name = $this->sanitize($credit['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                                                 }
-                                                                $credits[] =& new $this->feed->credit_class($credit_role, $credit_scheme, $credit_name);
+                                                                $credits[] = new $this->feed->credit_class($credit_role, $credit_scheme, $credit_name);
                                                         }
                                                         if (is_array($credits))
                                                         {
@@ -5375 +5375 @@
                                                                 {
                                                                         $rating_value = $this->sanitize($rating['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                                                 }
-                                                                $ratings[] =& new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
+                                                                $ratings[] = new $this->feed->rating_class($rating_scheme, $rating_value);
                                                         }
                                                         if (is_array($ratings))
                                                         {
@@ -5407 +5407 @@
                                                                 {
                                                                         $restriction_value = $this->sanitize($restriction['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                                                                 }
-                                                                $restrictions[] =& new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
+                                                                $restrictions[] = new $this->feed->restriction_class($restriction_relationship, $restriction_type, $restriction_value);
                                                         }
                                                         if (is_array($restrictions))
                                                         {
@@ -5446 +5446 @@
                                                         $title = $title_parent;
                                                 }
 
-                                                $this->data['enclosures'][] =& new $this->feed->enclosure_class($url, $type, $length, $this->feed->javascript, $bitrate, $captions, $categories, $channels, $copyrights, $credits, $description, $duration, $expression, $framerate, $hashes, $height, $keywords, $lang, $medium, $player, $ratings, $restrictions, $samplingrate, $thumbnails, $title, $width);
+                                                $this->data['enclosures'][] = new $this->feed->enclosure_class($url, $type, $length, $this->feed->javascript, $bitrate, $captions, $categories, $channels, $copyrights, $credits, $description, $duration, $expression, $framerate, $hashes, $height, $keywords, $lang, $medium, $player, $ratings, $restrictions, $samplingrate, $thumbnails, $title, $width);
                                         }
                                 }
                         }
@@ -5482 +5482 @@
                                         }
 
                                         // Since we don't have group or content for these, we'll just pass the '*_parent' variables directly to the constructor
-                                        $this->data['enclosures'][] =& new $this->feed->enclosure_class($url, $type, $length, $this->feed->javascript, $bitrate, $captions_parent, $categories_parent, $channels, $copyrights_parent, $credits_parent, $description_parent, $duration_parent, $expression, $framerate, $hashes_parent, $height, $keywords_parent, $lang, $medium, $player_parent, $ratings_parent, $restrictions_parent, $samplingrate, $thumbnails_parent, $title_parent, $width);
+                                        $this->data['enclosures'][] = new $this->feed->enclosure_class($url, $type, $length, $this->feed->javascript, $bitrate, $captions_parent, $categories_parent, $channels, $copyrights_parent, $credits_parent, $description_parent, $duration_parent, $expression, $framerate, $hashes_parent, $height, $keywords_parent, $lang, $medium, $player_parent, $ratings_parent, $restrictions_parent, $samplingrate, $thumbnails_parent, $title_parent, $width);
                                 }
                         }
 
@@ -5517 +5517 @@
                                         }
 
                                         // Since we don't have group or content for these, we'll just pass the '*_parent' variables directly to the constructor
-                                        $this->data['enclosures'][] =& new $this->feed->enclosure_class($url, $type, $length, $this->feed->javascript, $bitrate, $captions_parent, $categories_parent, $channels, $copyrights_parent, $credits_parent, $description_parent, $duration_parent, $expression, $framerate, $hashes_parent, $height, $keywords_parent, $lang, $medium, $player_parent, $ratings_parent, $restrictions_parent, $samplingrate, $thumbnails_parent, $title_parent, $width);
+                                        $this->data['enclosures'][] = new $this->feed->enclosure_class($url, $type, $length, $this->feed->javascript, $bitrate, $captions_parent, $categories_parent, $channels, $copyrights_parent, $credits_parent, $description_parent, $duration_parent, $expression, $framerate, $hashes_parent, $height, $keywords_parent, $lang, $medium, $player_parent, $ratings_parent, $restrictions_parent, $samplingrate, $thumbnails_parent, $title_parent, $width);
                                 }
                         }
 
@@ -5552 +5552 @@
                                         }
 
                                         // Since we don't have group or content for these, we'll just pass the '*_parent' variables directly to the constructor
-                                        $this->data['enclosures'][] =& new $this->feed->enclosure_class($url, $type, $length, $this->feed->javascript, $bitrate, $captions_parent, $categories_parent, $channels, $copyrights_parent, $credits_parent, $description_parent, $duration_parent, $expression, $framerate, $hashes_parent, $height, $keywords_parent, $lang, $medium, $player_parent, $ratings_parent, $restrictions_parent, $samplingrate, $thumbnails_parent, $title_parent, $width);
+                                        $this->data['enclosures'][] = new $this->feed->enclosure_class($url, $type, $length, $this->feed->javascript, $bitrate, $captions_parent, $categories_parent, $channels, $copyrights_parent, $credits_parent, $description_parent, $duration_parent, $expression, $framerate, $hashes_parent, $height, $keywords_parent, $lang, $medium, $player_parent, $ratings_parent, $restrictions_parent, $samplingrate, $thumbnails_parent, $title_parent, $width);
                                 }
                         }
 
                         if (sizeof($this->data['enclosures']) === 0 && ($url || $type || $length || $bitrate || $captions_parent || $categories_parent || $channels || $copyrights_parent || $credits_parent || $description_parent || $duration_parent || $expression || $framerate || $hashes_parent || $height || $keywords_parent || $lang || $medium || $player_parent || $ratings_parent || $restrictions_parent || $samplingrate || $thumbnails_parent || $title_parent || $width))
                         {
                                 // Since we don't have group or content for these, we'll just pass the '*_parent' variables directly to the constructor
-                                $this->data['enclosures'][] =& new $this->feed->enclosure_class($url, $type, $length, $this->feed->javascript, $bitrate, $captions_parent, $categories_parent, $channels, $copyrights_parent, $credits_parent, $description_parent, $duration_parent, $expression, $framerate, $hashes_parent, $height, $keywords_parent, $lang, $medium, $player_parent, $ratings_parent, $restrictions_parent, $samplingrate, $thumbnails_parent, $title_parent, $width);
+                                $this->data['enclosures'][] = new $this->feed->enclosure_class($url, $type, $length, $this->feed->javascript, $bitrate, $captions_parent, $categories_parent, $channels, $copyrights_parent, $credits_parent, $description_parent, $duration_parent, $expression, $framerate, $hashes_parent, $height, $keywords_parent, $lang, $medium, $player_parent, $ratings_parent, $restrictions_parent, $samplingrate, $thumbnails_parent, $title_parent, $width);
                         }
 
                         $this->data['enclosures'] = array_values(SimplePie_Misc::array_unique($this->data['enclosures']));
@@ -5836 +5836 @@
                         {
                                 $label = $this->sanitize($category['attribs']['']['label'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT);
                         }
-                        $categories[] =& new $this->item->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
+                        $categories[] = new $this->item->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, $label);
                 }
                 foreach ((array) $this->get_source_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_RSS_20, 'category') as $category)
                 {
@@ -5851 +5851 @@
                         {
                                 $scheme = null;
                         }
-                        $categories[] =& new $this->item->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, null);
+                        $categories[] = new $this->item->feed->category_class($term, $scheme, null);
                 }
                 foreach ((array) $this->get_source_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_DC_11, 'subject') as $category)
                 {
-                        $categories[] =& new $this->item->feed->category_class($this->sanitize($category['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+                        $categories[] = new $this->item->feed->category_class($this->sanitize($category['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
                 }
                 foreach ((array) $this->get_source_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_DC_10, 'subject') as $category)
                 {
-                        $categories[] =& new $this->item->feed->category_class($this->sanitize($category['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+                        $categories[] = new $this->item->feed->category_class($this->sanitize($category['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
                 }
 
                 if (!empty($categories))
@@ -5907 +5907 @@
                         }
                         if ($name !== null || $email !== null || $uri !== null)
                         {
-                                $authors[] =& new $this->item->feed->author_class($name, $uri, $email);
+                                $authors[] = new $this->item->feed->author_class($name, $uri, $email);
                         }
                 }
                 if ($author = $this->get_source_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ATOM_03, 'author'))
@@ -5929 +5929 @@
                         }
                         if ($name !== null || $email !== null || $url !== null)
                         {
-                                $authors[] =& new $this->item->feed->author_class($name, $url, $email);
+                                $authors[] = new $this->item->feed->author_class($name, $url, $email);
                         }
                 }
                 foreach ((array) $this->get_source_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_DC_11, 'creator') as $author)
                 {
-                        $authors[] =& new $this->item->feed->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+                        $authors[] = new $this->item->feed->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
                 }
                 foreach ((array) $this->get_source_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_DC_10, 'creator') as $author)
                 {
-                        $authors[] =& new $this->item->feed->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+                        $authors[] = new $this->item->feed->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
                 }
                 foreach ((array) $this->get_source_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ITUNES, 'author') as $author)
                 {
-                        $authors[] =& new $this->item->feed->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
+                        $authors[] = new $this->item->feed->author_class($this->sanitize($author['data'], SIMPLEPIE_CONSTRUCT_TEXT), null, null);
                 }
 
                 if (!empty($authors))
@@ -5990 +5990 @@
                         }
                         if ($name !== null || $email !== null || $uri !== null)
                         {
-                                $contributors[] =& new $this->item->feed->author_class($name, $uri, $email);
+                                $contributors[] = new $this->item->feed->author_class($name, $uri, $email);
                         }
                 }
                 foreach ((array) $this->get_source_tags(SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ATOM_03, 'contributor') as $contributor)
@@ -6012 +6012 @@
                         }
                         if ($name !== null || $email !== null || $url !== null)
                         {
-                                $contributors[] =& new $this->item->feed->author_class($name, $url, $email);
+                                $contributors[] = new $this->item->feed->author_class($name, $url, $email);
                         }
                 }
 
@@ -6449 +6449 @@
                 $this->width = $width;
                 if (class_exists('idna_convert'))
                 {
-                        $idn =& new idna_convert;
+                        $idn = new idna_convert;
                         $parsed = SimplePie_Misc::parse_url($link);
                         $this->link = SimplePie_Misc::compress_parse_url($parsed['scheme'], $idn->encode($parsed['authority']), $parsed['path'], $parsed['query'], $parsed['fragment']);
                 }
@@ -7647 +7647 @@
         {
                 if (class_exists('idna_convert'))
                 {
-                        $idn =& new idna_convert;
+                        $idn = new idna_convert;
                         $parsed = SimplePie_Misc::parse_url($url);
                         $url = SimplePie_Misc::compress_parse_url($parsed['scheme'], $idn->encode($parsed['authority']), $parsed['path'], $parsed['query'], $parsed['fragment']);
                 }
@@ -7708 +7708 @@
                                         curl_close($fp);
                                         $this->headers = explode("\r\n\r\n", $this->headers, $info['redirect_count'] + 1);
                                         $this->headers = array_pop($this->headers);
-                                        $parser =& new SimplePie_HTTP_Parser($this->headers);
+                                        $parser = new SimplePie_HTTP_Parser($this->headers);
                                         if ($parser->parse())
                                         {
                                                 $this->headers = $parser->headers;
@@ -7789 +7789 @@
                                         }
                                         if (!$info['timed_out'])
                                         {
-                                                $parser =& new SimplePie_HTTP_Parser($this->headers);
+                                                $parser = new SimplePie_HTTP_Parser($this->headers);
                                                 if ($parser->parse())
                                                 {
                                                         $this->headers = $parser->headers;
@@ -7808 +7808 @@
                                                                 {
                                                                         case 'gzip':
                                                                         case 'x-gzip':
-                                                                                $decoder =& new SimplePie_gzdecode($this->body);
+                                                                                $decoder = new SimplePie_gzdecode($this->body);
                                                                                 if (!$decoder->parse())
                                                                                 {
                                                                                         $this->error = 'Unable to decode HTTP "gzip" stream';
@@ -8620 +8620 @@
          */
         function create($location, $filename, $extension)
         {
-                $location_iri =& new SimplePie_IRI($location);
+                $location_iri = new SimplePie_IRI($location);
                 switch ($location_iri->get_scheme())
                 {
                         case 'mysql':
@@ -9317 +9317 @@
 
         function parse_url($url)
         {
-                $iri =& new SimplePie_IRI($url);
+                $iri = new SimplePie_IRI($url);
                 return array(
                         'scheme' => (string) $iri->get_scheme(),
                         'authority' => (string) $iri->get_authority(),
@@ -9329 +9329 @@
 
         function compress_parse_url($scheme = '', $authority = '', $path = '', $query = '', $fragment = '')
         {
-                $iri =& new SimplePie_IRI('');
+                $iri = new SimplePie_IRI('');
                 $iri->set_scheme($scheme);
                 $iri->set_authority($authority);
                 $iri->set_path($path);
@@ -9340 +9340 @@
 
         function normalize_url($url)
         {
-                $iri =& new SimplePie_IRI($url);
+                $iri = new SimplePie_IRI($url);
                 return $iri->get_iri();
         }
 
@@ -10860 +10860 @@
          */
         function entities_decode($data)
         {
-                $decoder =& new SimplePie_Decode_HTML_Entities($data);
+                $decoder = new SimplePie_Decode_HTML_Entities($data);
                 return $decoder->parse();
         }
 
@@ -11256 +11256 @@
                 {
                         if ($pos = strpos($data, "\x00\x00\x00\x3F\x00\x00\x00\x3E"))
                         {
-                                $parser =& new SimplePie_XML_Declaration_Parser(SimplePie_Misc::change_encoding(substr($data, 20, $pos - 20), 'UTF-32BE', 'UTF-8'));
+                                $parser = new SimplePie_XML_Declaration_Parser(SimplePie_Misc::change_encoding(substr($data, 20, $pos - 20), 'UTF-32BE', 'UTF-8'));
                                 if ($parser->parse())
                                 {
                                         $encoding[] = $parser->encoding;
@@ -11269 +11269 @@
                 {
                         if ($pos = strpos($data, "\x3F\x00\x00\x00\x3E\x00\x00\x00"))
                         {
-                                $parser =& new SimplePie_XML_Declaration_Parser(SimplePie_Misc::change_encoding(substr($data, 20, $pos - 20), 'UTF-32LE', 'UTF-8'));
+                                $parser = new SimplePie_XML_Declaration_Parser(SimplePie_Misc::change_encoding(substr($data, 20, $pos - 20), 'UTF-32LE', 'UTF-8'));
                                 if ($parser->parse())
                                 {
                                         $encoding[] = $parser->encoding;
@@ -11282 +11282 @@
                 {
                         if ($pos = strpos($data, "\x00\x3F\x00\x3E"))
                         {
-                                $parser =& new SimplePie_XML_Declaration_Parser(SimplePie_Misc::change_encoding(substr($data, 20, $pos - 10), 'UTF-16BE', 'UTF-8'));
+                                $parser = new SimplePie_XML_Declaration_Parser(SimplePie_Misc::change_encoding(substr($data, 20, $pos - 10), 'UTF-16BE', 'UTF-8'));
                                 if ($parser->parse())
                                 {
                                         $encoding[] = $parser->encoding;
@@ -11295 +11295 @@
                 {
                         if ($pos = strpos($data, "\x3F\x00\x3E\x00"))
                         {
-                                $parser =& new SimplePie_XML_Declaration_Parser(SimplePie_Misc::change_encoding(substr($data, 20, $pos - 10), 'UTF-16LE', 'UTF-8'));
+                                $parser = new SimplePie_XML_Declaration_Parser(SimplePie_Misc::change_encoding(substr($data, 20, $pos - 10), 'UTF-16LE', 'UTF-8'));
                                 if ($parser->parse())
                                 {
                                         $encoding[] = $parser->encoding;
@@ -11308 +11308 @@
                 {
                         if ($pos = strpos($data, "\x3F\x3E"))
                         {
-                                $parser =& new SimplePie_XML_Declaration_Parser(substr($data, 5, $pos - 5));
+                                $parser = new SimplePie_XML_Declaration_Parser(substr($data, 5, $pos - 5));
                                 if ($parser->parse())
                                 {
                                         $encoding[] = $parser->encoding;
@@ -11683 +11683 @@
                 $relative = (string) $relative;
                 if ($relative !== '')
                 {
-                        $relative =& new SimplePie_IRI($relative);
+                        $relative = new SimplePie_IRI($relative);
                         if ($relative->get_scheme() !== null)
                         {
                                 $target = $relative;
@@ -11697 +11697 @@
                                 }
                                 else
                                 {
-                                        $target =& new SimplePie_IRI('');
+                                        $target = new SimplePie_IRI('');
                                         $target->set_scheme($base->get_scheme());
                                         $target->set_userinfo($base->get_userinfo());
                                         $target->set_host($base->get_host());
@@ -13049 +13049 @@
                 static $object;
                 if (!$object)
                 {
-                        $object =& new SimplePie_Parse_Date;
+                        $object = new SimplePie_Parse_Date;
                 }
                 return $object;
         }
@@ -14084 +14084 @@
 
                 if ($this->file->method & SIMPLEPIE_FILE_SOURCE_REMOTE)
                 {
-                        $sniffer =& new $this->content_type_sniffer_class($this->file);
+                        $sniffer = new $this->content_type_sniffer_class($this->file);
                         if ($sniffer->get_type() !== 'text/html')
                         {
                                 return null;
@@ -14130 +14130 @@
         {
                 if ($file->method & SIMPLEPIE_FILE_SOURCE_REMOTE)
                 {
-                        $sniffer =& new $this->content_type_sniffer_class($file);
+                        $sniffer = new $this->content_type_sniffer_class($file);
                         $sniffed = $sniffer->get_type();
                         if (in_array($sniffed, array('application/rss+xml', 'application/rdf+xml', 'text/rdf', 'application/atom+xml', 'text/xml', 'application/xml')))
                         {
@@ -14194 +14194 @@
                                 if (!in_array($href, $done) && in_array('feed', $rel) || (in_array('alternate', $rel) && !empty($link['attribs']['type']['data']) && in_array(strtolower(SimplePie_Misc::parse_mime($link['attribs']['type']['data'])), array('application/rss+xml', 'application/atom+xml'))) && !isset($feeds[$href]))
                                 {
                                         $this->checked_feeds++;
-                                        $feed =& new $this->file_class($href, $this->timeout, 5, null, $this->useragent);
+                                        $feed = new $this->file_class($href, $this->timeout, 5, null, $this->useragent);
                                         if ($feed->success && ($feed->method & SIMPLEPIE_FILE_SOURCE_REMOTE === 0 || ($feed->status_code === 200 || $feed->status_code > 206 && $feed->status_code < 300)) && $this->is_feed($feed))
                                         {
                                                 $feeds[$href] = $feed;
@@ -14266 +14266 @@
                         if (in_array(strtolower(strrchr($value, '.')), array('.rss', '.rdf', '.atom', '.xml')))
                         {
                                 $this->checked_feeds++;
-                                $feed =& new $this->file_class($value, $this->timeout, 5, null, $this->useragent);
+                                $feed = new $this->file_class($value, $this->timeout, 5, null, $this->useragent);
                                 if ($feed->success && ($feed->method & SIMPLEPIE_FILE_SOURCE_REMOTE === 0 || ($feed->status_code === 200 || $feed->status_code > 206 && $feed->status_code < 300)) && $this->is_feed($feed))
                                 {
                                         return $feed;
@@ -14291 +14291 @@
                         if (preg_match('/(rss|rdf|atom|xml)/i', $value))
                         {
                                 $this->checked_feeds++;
-                                $feed =& new $this->file_class($value, $this->timeout, 5, null, $this->useragent);
+                                $feed = new $this->file_class($value, $this->timeout, 5, null, $this->useragent);
                                 if ($feed->success && ($feed->method & SIMPLEPIE_FILE_SOURCE_REMOTE === 0 || ($feed->status_code === 200 || $feed->status_code > 206 && $feed->status_code < 300)) && $this->is_feed($feed))
                                 {
                                         return $feed;
@@ -14365 +14365 @@
 
                 if (substr($data, 0, 5) === '<?xml' && strspn(substr($data, 5, 1), "\x09\x0A\x0D\x20") && ($pos = strpos($data, '?>')) !== false)
                 {
-                        $declaration =& new SimplePie_XML_Declaration_Parser(substr($data, 5, $pos - 5));
+                        $declaration = new SimplePie_XML_Declaration_Parser(substr($data, 5, $pos - 5));
                         if ($declaration->parse())
                         {
                                 $data = substr($data, $pos + 2);
@@ -14415 +14415 @@
                 else
                 {
                         libxml_clear_errors();
-                        $xml =& new XMLReader();
+                        $xml = new XMLReader();
                         $xml->xml($data);
                         while (@$xml->read())
                         {
@@ -14901 +14901 @@
                                                         }
                                                         else
                                                         {
-                                                                $file =& new $this->file_class($img['attribs']['src']['data'], $this->timeout, 5, array('X-FORWARDED-FOR' => $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']), $this->useragent, $this->force_fsockopen);
+                                                                $file = new $this->file_class($img['attribs']['src']['data'], $this->timeout, 5, array('X-FORWARDED-FOR' => $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']), $this->useragent, $this->force_fsockopen);
                                                                 $headers = $file->headers;
 
                                                                 if ($file->success && ($file->method & SIMPLEPIE_FILE_SOURCE_REMOTE === 0 || ($file->status_code === 200 || $file->status_code > 206 && $file->status_code < 300)))