diff --git a/htdocs/includes/fpdf/fpdfi/pdf_parser.php b/htdocs/includes/fpdf/fpdfi/pdf_parser.php
index 6d9be39778e..7911436ae9b 100644
--- a/htdocs/includes/fpdf/fpdfi/pdf_parser.php
+++ b/htdocs/includes/fpdf/fpdfi/pdf_parser.php
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class pdf_parser {
 
         $this->getPDFVersion();
 
-        $this->c =& new pdf_context($this->f);
+        $this->c = new pdf_context($this->f);
         // Read xref-Data
         $this->pdf_read_xref($this->xref, $this->pdf_find_xref());
 
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ class pdf_parser {
 		        	$e++;
 		        
 		        if ($this->actual_obj[1][1]['/Length'][0] == PDF_TYPE_OBJREF) {
-		        	$tmp_c =& new pdf_context($this->f);
+		        	$tmp_c = new pdf_context($this->f);
 		        	$tmp_length = $this->pdf_resolve_object($tmp_c,$this->actual_obj[1][1]['/Length']);
 		        	$length = $tmp_length[1][1];
 		        } else {
diff --git a/htdocs/includes/modules/propale/pdf_propale_azur.modules.php b/htdocs/includes/modules/propale/pdf_propale_azur.modules.php
index 0f6831b2c3d..7c7ad6d27c8 100644
--- a/htdocs/includes/modules/propale/pdf_propale_azur.modules.php
+++ b/htdocs/includes/modules/propale/pdf_propale_azur.modules.php
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ class pdf_propale_azur extends ModelePDFPropales
 				@chmod($file, octdec($conf->global->MAIN_UMASK));
 
 				// Add external file
-				//$pdfConcat =& new concat_pdf();
+				//$pdfConcat = new concat_pdf();
 				//$pdfConcat->setFiles(array($file, DOL_DOCUMENT_ROOT."/includes/modules/propale/morefile.pdf"));
 				//$pdfConcat->concat();
 				//$pdf->AliasNbPages();
diff --git a/htdocs/includes/nusoap/lib/class.soapclient.php b/htdocs/includes/nusoap/lib/class.soapclient.php
index 3fe15fad6e2..0c30d971b61 100644
--- a/htdocs/includes/nusoap/lib/class.soapclient.php
+++ b/htdocs/includes/nusoap/lib/class.soapclient.php
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ class nusoap_client extends nusoap_base  {
 	 */
 	function loadWSDL() {
 		$this->debug('instantiating wsdl class with doc: '.$this->wsdlFile);
-		$this->wsdl =& new wsdl('',$this->proxyhost,$this->proxyport,$this->proxyusername,$this->proxypassword,$this->timeout,$this->response_timeout,$this->curl_options,$this->use_curl);
+		$this->wsdl = new wsdl('',$this->proxyhost,$this->proxyport,$this->proxyusername,$this->proxypassword,$this->timeout,$this->response_timeout,$this->curl_options,$this->use_curl);
 		$this->wsdl->setCredentials($this->username, $this->password, $this->authtype, $this->certRequest);
 		$this->wsdl->fetchWSDL($this->wsdlFile);
 		$this->checkWSDL();
diff --git a/htdocs/includes/nusoap/lib/nusoap.php b/htdocs/includes/nusoap/lib/nusoap.php
index 6cb65e8f6dd..f03784fd0cd 100644
--- a/htdocs/includes/nusoap/lib/nusoap.php
+++ b/htdocs/includes/nusoap/lib/nusoap.php
@@ -7378,7 +7378,7 @@ class nusoap_client extends nusoap_base  {
 	 */
 	function loadWSDL() {
 		$this->debug('instantiating wsdl class with doc: '.$this->wsdlFile);
-		$this->wsdl =& new wsdl('',$this->proxyhost,$this->proxyport,$this->proxyusername,$this->proxypassword,$this->timeout,$this->response_timeout,$this->curl_options,$this->use_curl);
+		$this->wsdl = new wsdl('',$this->proxyhost,$this->proxyport,$this->proxyusername,$this->proxypassword,$this->timeout,$this->response_timeout,$this->curl_options,$this->use_curl);
 		$this->wsdl->setCredentials($this->username, $this->password, $this->authtype, $this->certRequest);
 		$this->wsdl->fetchWSDL($this->wsdlFile);
 		$this->checkWSDL();
diff --git a/htdocs/includes/nusoap/lib/nusoapmime.php b/htdocs/includes/nusoap/lib/nusoapmime.php
index 1e6942de79a..6c2adde4361 100644
--- a/htdocs/includes/nusoap/lib/nusoapmime.php
+++ b/htdocs/includes/nusoap/lib/nusoapmime.php
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class nusoap_client_mime extends nusoap_client {
 	function getHTTPBody($soapmsg) {
 		if (count($this->requestAttachments) > 0) {
 			$params['content_type'] = 'multipart/related; type="text/xml"';
-			$mimeMessage =& new Mail_mimePart('', $params);
+			$mimeMessage = new Mail_mimePart('', $params);
 			unset($params);
 
 			$params['content_type'] = 'text/xml';
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ class nusoap_server_mime extends nusoap_server {
 	function getHTTPBody($soapmsg) {
 		if (count($this->responseAttachments) > 0) {
 			$params['content_type'] = 'multipart/related; type="text/xml"';
-			$mimeMessage =& new Mail_mimePart('', $params);
+			$mimeMessage = new Mail_mimePart('', $params);
 			unset($params);
 
 			$params['content_type'] = 'text/xml';
diff --git a/htdocs/includes/php_excelreader/excel_reader2.php b/htdocs/includes/php_excelreader/excel_reader2.php
index 2d2c70eeb93..ff6f667549c 100644
--- a/htdocs/includes/php_excelreader/excel_reader2.php
+++ b/htdocs/includes/php_excelreader/excel_reader2.php
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ class Spreadsheet_Excel_Reader {
 	 * Some basic initialisation
 	 */
 	function Spreadsheet_Excel_Reader($file='',$store_extended_info=true,$outputEncoding='') {
-		$this->_ole =& new OLERead();
+		$this->_ole = new OLERead();
 		$this->setUTFEncoder('iconv');
 		if ($outputEncoding != '') { 
 			$this->setOutputEncoding($outputEncoding);
diff --git a/htdocs/includes/php_writeexcel/class.writeexcel_workbook.inc.php b/htdocs/includes/php_writeexcel/class.writeexcel_workbook.inc.php
index 76f5da919b9..afc60c7cadf 100644
--- a/htdocs/includes/php_writeexcel/class.writeexcel_workbook.inc.php
+++ b/htdocs/includes/php_writeexcel/class.writeexcel_workbook.inc.php
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ function &addworksheet($name="") {
         }
     }
 
-    $worksheet =& new writeexcel_worksheet($name, $index, $this->_activesheet,
+    $worksheet = new writeexcel_worksheet($name, $index, $this->_activesheet,
                                           $this->_firstsheet,
                                           $this->_url_format, $this->_parser,
                                           $this->_tempdir);
@@ -187,9 +187,9 @@ function &addworksheet($name="") {
 #
 function &addformat($para=false) {
     if($para===false) {
-        $format =& new writeexcel_format($this->_xf_index);
+        $format = new writeexcel_format($this->_xf_index);
     } else {
-        $format =& new writeexcel_format($this->_xf_index, $para);
+        $format = new writeexcel_format($this->_xf_index, $para);
     }
 
     $this->_xf_index += 1;
diff --git a/htdocs/oscommerce_ws/ws_server/lib/class.soapclient.php b/htdocs/oscommerce_ws/ws_server/lib/class.soapclient.php
index 3fe15fad6e2..0c30d971b61 100644
--- a/htdocs/oscommerce_ws/ws_server/lib/class.soapclient.php
+++ b/htdocs/oscommerce_ws/ws_server/lib/class.soapclient.php
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ class nusoap_client extends nusoap_base  {
 	 */
 	function loadWSDL() {
 		$this->debug('instantiating wsdl class with doc: '.$this->wsdlFile);
-		$this->wsdl =& new wsdl('',$this->proxyhost,$this->proxyport,$this->proxyusername,$this->proxypassword,$this->timeout,$this->response_timeout,$this->curl_options,$this->use_curl);
+		$this->wsdl = new wsdl('',$this->proxyhost,$this->proxyport,$this->proxyusername,$this->proxypassword,$this->timeout,$this->response_timeout,$this->curl_options,$this->use_curl);
 		$this->wsdl->setCredentials($this->username, $this->password, $this->authtype, $this->certRequest);
 		$this->wsdl->fetchWSDL($this->wsdlFile);
 		$this->checkWSDL();
diff --git a/htdocs/oscommerce_ws/ws_server/lib/nusoap.php b/htdocs/oscommerce_ws/ws_server/lib/nusoap.php
index 6cb65e8f6dd..f03784fd0cd 100644
--- a/htdocs/oscommerce_ws/ws_server/lib/nusoap.php
+++ b/htdocs/oscommerce_ws/ws_server/lib/nusoap.php
@@ -7378,7 +7378,7 @@ class nusoap_client extends nusoap_base  {
 	 */
 	function loadWSDL() {
 		$this->debug('instantiating wsdl class with doc: '.$this->wsdlFile);
-		$this->wsdl =& new wsdl('',$this->proxyhost,$this->proxyport,$this->proxyusername,$this->proxypassword,$this->timeout,$this->response_timeout,$this->curl_options,$this->use_curl);
+		$this->wsdl = new wsdl('',$this->proxyhost,$this->proxyport,$this->proxyusername,$this->proxypassword,$this->timeout,$this->response_timeout,$this->curl_options,$this->use_curl);
 		$this->wsdl->setCredentials($this->username, $this->password, $this->authtype, $this->certRequest);
 		$this->wsdl->fetchWSDL($this->wsdlFile);
 		$this->checkWSDL();
diff --git a/htdocs/oscommerce_ws/ws_server/lib/nusoapmime.php b/htdocs/oscommerce_ws/ws_server/lib/nusoapmime.php
index 1e6942de79a..6c2adde4361 100644
--- a/htdocs/oscommerce_ws/ws_server/lib/nusoapmime.php
+++ b/htdocs/oscommerce_ws/ws_server/lib/nusoapmime.php
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class nusoap_client_mime extends nusoap_client {
 	function getHTTPBody($soapmsg) {
 		if (count($this->requestAttachments) > 0) {
 			$params['content_type'] = 'multipart/related; type="text/xml"';
-			$mimeMessage =& new Mail_mimePart('', $params);
+			$mimeMessage = new Mail_mimePart('', $params);
 			unset($params);
 
 			$params['content_type'] = 'text/xml';
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ class nusoap_server_mime extends nusoap_server {
 	function getHTTPBody($soapmsg) {
 		if (count($this->responseAttachments) > 0) {
 			$params['content_type'] = 'multipart/related; type="text/xml"';
-			$mimeMessage =& new Mail_mimePart('', $params);
+			$mimeMessage = new Mail_mimePart('', $params);
 			unset($params);
 
 			$params['content_type'] = 'text/xml';