Architecture / Installation

Chris & Albert:

Here is what I found

Just replacing "function &FetchRow()" to "function FetchRow()" was enough in my case — no need to upgrade the adobd folder. The error disappeared.

Note that I uploaded an older version of tikiwiki (v1.85) using Fantastico, I got this error:

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Notice: Only variable references should be returned by reference in /home/username/public_html/wiki/lib/adodb/adodb.inc.php on line 2736

when I accessed the admin page.

Then when I typed the admin username and password, it got even worse:
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Notice: Only variable references should be returned by reference in /home/username/public_html/wiki/lib/adodb/adodb.inc.php on line 2736

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/username/public_html/wiki/lib/adodb/adodb.inc.php:2736) in /home/username/public_html/wiki/tiki-login.php on line 170
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And nothing more appeared

Based from your observation, once I replaced the "function &FetchRow()" you found to "function FetchRow()", the said error no longer appeared.

And, after the admin username and password was typed, it went to the right page, so that I could replace the password.

There was no need to go all about replacing the adobd folders. This means the error is in the "function &FetchRow()" alone.

I am not suggesting here that the adobd folder need not be replaced. There must be other new features with the latest version that would merit its replacement.