PHP errors encountered running Sparse on PHP

[Highwayman]

I tried to run Sparse on an Apache 2.2.2, Tomcat 5, and PHP 5.2 configuration. However the sparse program encounters a number of  warnings and will not generate the expected html. Here is what is contained in the error log:

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[21-Jul-2006 19:51:48] PHP Strict Standards:  Declaration of FirstPassParser::do_tag() should be compatible with that of ParentParser::do_tag() in C:\WWW\WebRoot\myPhpTest\SparseUtils.php on line 860
[21-Jul-2006 19:51:48] PHP Strict Standards:  Declaration of SecondPassParser::parseXML() should be compatible with that of FirstPassParser::parseXML() in C:\WWW\WebRoot\myPhpTest\SparseUtils.php on line 1257
[21-Jul-2006 19:51:48] PHP Strict Standards:  Declaration of SecondPassParser::do_tag() should be compatible with that of FirstPassParser::do_tag() in C:\WWW\WebRoot\myPhpTest\SparseUtils.php on line 1257
[21-Jul-2006 19:51:48] PHP Strict Standards:  Declaration of Sparser::parseXML() should be compatible with that of ParentParser::parseXML() in C:\WWW\WebRoot\myPhpTest\Sparse.php on line 29
[21-Jul-2006 19:51:48] PHP Strict Standards:  Declaration of Sparser::do_tag() should be compatible with that of ParentParser::do_tag() in C:\WWW\WebRoot\myPhpTest\Sparse.php on line 29
[21-Jul-2006 19:54:48] PHP Strict Standards:  Declaration of FirstPassParser::do_tag() should be compatible with that of ParentParser::do_tag() in C:\WWW\WebRoot\myPhpTest\SparseUtils.php on line 860
[21-Jul-2006 19:54:48] PHP Strict Standards:  Declaration of SecondPassParser::parseXML() should be compatible with that of FirstPassParser::parseXML() in C:\WWW\WebRoot\myPhpTest\SparseUtils.php on line 1257
[21-Jul-2006 19:54:48] PHP Strict Standards:  Declaration of SecondPassParser::do_tag() should be compatible with that of FirstPassParser::do_tag() in C:\WWW\WebRoot\myPhpTest\SparseUtils.php on line 1257
[21-Jul-2006 19:54:48] PHP Strict Standards:  Declaration of Sparser::parseXML() should be compatible with that of ParentParser::parseXML() in C:\WWW\WebRoot\myPhpTest\Sparse.php on line 29
[21-Jul-2006 19:54:48] PHP Strict Standards:  Declaration of Sparser::do_tag() should be compatible with that of ParentParser::do_tag() in C:\WWW\WebRoot\myPhpTest\Sparse.php on line 29
[21-Jul-2006 19:54:48] PHP Warning:  Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated - argument passed by value;  If you would like to pass it by reference, modify the declaration of [runtime function name]().
  If you would like to enable call-time pass-by-reference, you can set allow_call_time_pass_reference to true in your INI file.  However, future versions may not support this any longer.
    in C:\WWW\WebRoot\myPhpTest\Sparse.php(91) : eval()'d code on line 1
[21-Jul-2006 19:54:48] PHP Parse error:  parse error, unexpected $end in C:\WWW\WebRoot\myPhpTest\Sparse.php(91) : eval()'d code on line 66

[Daniel Orner]

Woo, a PHP 5 tester! 8-)
It looks like you can get rid of those "strict standards" error messages by first including this line before you call SparseThisPage:
error_reporting(error_reporting() & ~E_STRICT);

As for the last error, it's hard for me to figure it out without seeing what code is being executed. Please uncomment line 90 in Sparse.php:

//    print $this->code;

and make sure that caching is off by also putting the following line before SparseThisPage (that's two lines total before SparseThisPage):
define('SPARSE_NOCACHE', 1);

Then send me the output, if you don't mind (you can post it here or e-mail it to cidolfas@rpgclassics.com). It'd also be helpful to get the full HTML file you're using.

Thanks!

[Highwayman]

I have been tied up for the last few days and will probably not get back to this for another couple days. I will get the output to you then.

[Daniel Orner]

Sure.