Title: Deprecated operator
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Deprecated operator

 *  [Peter Massey-Plantinga](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pwp2/)
 * (@pwp2)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-operator/)
 * Just updated to WP 3.6-beta4 and got this message:
 * `Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /
   Library/WebServer/Documents/wp-content/plugins/ps-auto-sitemap/ps_auto_sitemap.
   php on line 590`
 * Looks like the problem is with the `=&` operator. I think `=` should do the trick…
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ps-auto-sitemap/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ps-auto-sitemap/)

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 *  [shorif2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shorif2000/)
 * (@shorif2000)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-operator/#post-3872346)
 * i got this too and have done what you mentioned. is this the proper fix?
 *  [Dave Romsey (goto10)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goto10/)
 * (@goto10)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-operator/#post-3872347)
 * > i got this too and have done what you mentioned. is this the proper fix?
 * It’s a proper fix in the sense that it will clear the warning and is the correct
   way of assigning the return value of new to a variable, but if the plugin is 
   updated and the plugin’s author doesn’t include this fix, then the change will
   be reverted.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-operator/#post-3872347)
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