Notice: Only variable references should be returned by reference
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Reported by: [tkiehne](https://www.drupal.org/user/43826)
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<p>More of an annoyance than anything..</p>
<p>In the 2.0 branch we are getting PHP notices filling the logs with the following trace:</p>
<blockquote><p>Notice: Only variable references should be returned by reference in _genpass_get_form_item() (line 78 of /var/www/ce_website/web/modules/contrib/genpass/genpass.module)<br>
#0 /var/www/ce_website/web/core/includes/bootstrap.inc(347): _drupal_error_handler_real()<br>
#1 /var/www/ce_website/web/modules/contrib/genpass/genpass.module(78): _drupal_error_handler()<br>
#2 /var/www/ce_website/web/modules/contrib/genpass/genpass.module(223): _genpass_get_form_item()<br>
#3 /var/www/ce_website/web/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/ModuleHandler.php(562): genpass_form_alter()<br>
#4 /var/www/ce_website/web/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Form/FormBuilder.php(840): Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandler->alter()<br>
#5 /var/www/ce_website/web/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Form/FormBuilder.php(284): Drupal\Core\Form\FormBuilder->prepareForm()<br>
#6 /var/www/ce_website/web/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Controller/FormController.php(73): Drupal\Core\Form\FormBuilder->buildForm()<br>
#7 [internal function]: Drupal\Core\Controller\FormController->getContentResult()<br>
#8 /var/www/ce_website/web/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/EarlyRenderingControllerWrapperSubscriber.php(123): call_user_func_array()<br>
#9 /var/www/ce_website/web/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/Renderer.php(580): Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber\EarlyRenderingControllerWrapperSubscriber->Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber\{closure}()<br>
#10 /var/www/ce_website/web/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/EarlyRenderingControllerWrapperSubscriber.php(124): Drupal\Core\Render\Renderer->executeInRenderContext()<br>
#11 /var/www/ce_website/web/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/EarlyRenderingControllerWrapperSubscriber.php(97): Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber\EarlyRenderingControllerWrapperSubscriber->wrapControllerExecutionInRenderContext()<br>
#12 /var/www/ce_website/vendor/symfony/http-kernel/HttpKernel.php(169): Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber\EarlyRenderingControllerWrapperSubscriber->Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber\{closure}()<br>
#13 /var/www/ce_website/vendor/symfony/http-kernel/HttpKernel.php(81): Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernel->handleRaw()<br>
#14 /var/www/ce_website/web/core/lib/Drupal/Core/StackMiddleware/Session.php(58): Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernel->handle()<br>
#15 /var/www/ce_website/web/core/lib/Drupal/Core/StackMiddleware/KernelPreHandle.php(48): Drupal\Core\StackMiddleware\Session->handle()<br>
#16 /var/www/ce_website/web/core/modules/page_cache/src/StackMiddleware/PageCache.php(191): Drupal\Core\StackMiddleware\KernelPreHandle->handle()<br>
#17 /var/www/ce_website/web/core/modules/page_cache/src/StackMiddleware/PageCache.php(128): Drupal\page_cache\StackMiddleware\PageCache->fetch()<br>
#18 /var/www/ce_website/web/core/modules/page_cache/src/StackMiddleware/PageCache.php(82): Drupal\page_cache\StackMiddleware\PageCache->lookup()<br>
#19 /var/www/ce_website/web/core/lib/Drupal/Core/StackMiddleware/ReverseProxyMiddleware.php(48): Drupal\page_cache\StackMiddleware\PageCache->handle()<br>
#20 /var/www/ce_website/web/core/lib/Drupal/Core/StackMiddleware/NegotiationMiddleware.php(51): Drupal\Core\StackMiddleware\ReverseProxyMiddleware->handle()<br>
#21 /var/www/ce_website/vendor/stack/builder/src/Stack/StackedHttpKernel.php(23): Drupal\Core\StackMiddleware\NegotiationMiddleware->handle()<br>
#22 /var/www/ce_website/web/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DrupalKernel.php(718): Stack\StackedHttpKernel->handle()<br>
#23 /var/www/ce_website/web/index.php(19): Drupal\Core\DrupalKernel->handle()<br>
#24 {main}</p></blockquote>
<p>This is because _genpass_get_form_item() is being called by reference but in most cases returning a literal NULL</p>
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