Title: Plugin Search Strict Standards error
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Plugin Search Strict Standards error

 *  Resolved [jon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adiant/)
 * (@adiant)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-search-strict-standards-error/)
 * Version 3.6-beta4-24665
 * Error message (displayed four times): “Strict Standards: Only variables should
   be passed by reference in C:\xampp\htdocs\wpbeta\wp-admin\includes\plugin-install.
   php on line 232”
 * Displayed at the top of the Search Results Admin page when the Search Plugins
   button is pushed on the Add New Plugins admin page.
 * Oddly enough, this occurred with a keyword of “jonradio” but not with other searches
   I tried.
 * Exact URL: `http://localhost/wpbeta/wp-admin/plugin-install.php?tab=search&s=
   jonradio&plugin-search-input=Search+Plugins`

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 *  Moderator [Pippin Williamson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mordauk/)
 * (@mordauk)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-search-strict-standards-error/#post-3925431)
 * I can’t replicate this.
 *  [Drew Jaynes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drewapicture/)
 * (@drewapicture)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-search-strict-standards-error/#post-3925433)
 * Two questions:
    1. Can you update to RC1 and test again?
    2. What are your server specs, including PHP version?
 *  Thread Starter [jon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adiant/)
 * (@adiant)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-search-strict-standards-error/#post-3925435)
 * Just upgraded the site to RC1 and still getting the same error message.
 * This is an Xampp Version 1.8.1 install
    Operating System is Windows 8 Pro, 64
   bit Hardware is Intel dual-core processor with 4GB RAM php Version 5.4.7 php 
   memory_limit 256M Zend engine Version 2.4.0 Apache Version Apache/2.4.3 (Win32)
   MySQL Version 5.5.27
 * I’ll try a Linux server and see what I get and report back here.
 *  Thread Starter [jon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adiant/)
 * (@adiant)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-search-strict-standards-error/#post-3925438)
 * The only Linux server I have access to does not work properly with the .htaccess
   php settings that I am using in Xampp. I tried to replicate them in a local php.
   ini file in wp-admin, but I am not getting the error above.
 * On the Xampp system where the error occurs, the .htaccess in the root (WordPress
   is installed in the /wpbeta/ folder) includes the following:
 *     ```
       php_flag display_errors  On
       php_flag display_startup_errors On
       php_flag track_errors  On
       php_value error_reporting 2147483647
       php_flag html_errors  On
       php_flag session.bug_compat_42  On
       php_flag session.bug_compat_warn  On
       php_value max_execution_time 90
       ```
   
 * WP_DEBUG is set to TRUE in wp-config.php
 * I’ll try a Web PI install on another computer.
 *  [Drew Jaynes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drewapicture/)
 * (@drewapicture)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-search-strict-standards-error/#post-3925439)
 * And I’m assuming you’ve already taken the step of deactivating all plugins and
   switching to a default theme?
 *  Thread Starter [jon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adiant/)
 * (@adiant)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-search-strict-standards-error/#post-3925440)
 * Thank you for asking. I deactivated all plugins, including the WordPress Beta
   Tester, and switched theme from Twenty Eleven to Twenty Thirteen, and the error
   message still is there.
 *  [Drew Jaynes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drewapicture/)
 * (@drewapicture)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-search-strict-standards-error/#post-3925442)
 * Trac ticket: [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/24747](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/24747)
 * (We mark ‘resolved’ in this forum once a Trac ticket has been created)
 *  [Drew Jaynes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drewapicture/)
 * (@drewapicture)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-search-strict-standards-error/#post-3925567)
 * Should be fixed as of [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/24725](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/24725)
 *  Thread Starter [jon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adiant/)
 * (@adiant)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-search-strict-standards-error/#post-3925570)
 * Verified that this fix solves the problem on my original test environment where
   the problem was first observed.
 * Thank you so much!

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 * In: [Alpha/Beta/RC](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/alphabeta/)
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 * Last reply from: [jon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adiant/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-search-strict-standards-error/#post-3925570)
 * Status: resolved

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