Index: /trunk/b2-include/b2template.functions.php
===================================================================
--- /trunk/b2-include/b2template.functions.php	(revision 294)
+++ /trunk/b2-include/b2template.functions.php	(revision 295)
@@ -8,6 +8,4 @@
 	$querystring_separator = '&';
 }
-
-
 
 /* template functions... */
@@ -950,5 +948,5 @@
 		$cat_name = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT cat_name FROM $tablecategories WHERE cat_ID = '$cat_ID'");
 		++$querycount;
-		$cache_categories[$cat_ID] = &$cat_name;
+		$cache_categories[$cat_ID] = $cat_name;
 	} else {
 		$cat_name = $cache_categories[$cat_ID];
@@ -962,5 +960,5 @@
 		$cat_name = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT cat_name FROM $tablecategories WHERE cat_ID = '$cat_ID'");
 		++$querycount;
-		$cache_categories[$cat_ID] = &$cat_name;
+		$cache_categories[$cat_ID] = $cat_name;
 	} else {
 		$cat_name = $cache_categories[$cat_ID];
@@ -1165,7 +1163,7 @@
 function comment_author_link() {
 	global $comment;
-	$url = trim(stripslashes(&$comment->comment_author_url));
-	$email = &$comment->comment_author_email;
-	$author = stripslashes(&$comment->comment_author);
+	$url = trim(stripslashes($comment->comment_author_url));
+	$email = $comment->comment_author_email;
+	$author = stripslashes($comment->comment_author);
 
 	$url = str_replace('http://url', '', $url);