From e58e3f3132da50dcad4026bcf1822e27702e3c4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Beeson <jbeeson@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:23:29 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix to resolve 'assign by reference' errors when using a
 '__get' magic method. Fixes #1476

Signed-off-by: mark_story <mark@mark-story.com>
---
 cake/libs/controller/component.php | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cake/libs/controller/component.php b/cake/libs/controller/component.php
index d2d708cc3..b1cb50c0d 100644
--- a/cake/libs/controller/component.php
+++ b/cake/libs/controller/component.php
@@ -246,7 +246,11 @@ class Component extends Object {
 				if ($componentCn === 'SessionComponent') {
 					$object->{$component} =& new $componentCn($base);
 				} else {
-					$object->{$component} =& new $componentCn();
+					if (PHP5) {
+						$object->{$component} = new $componentCn();
+					} else {
+						$object->{$component} =& new $componentCn();
+					}
 				}
 				$object->{$component}->enabled = true;
 				$this->_loaded[$component] =& $object->{$component};