I've been developing WordPress sites locally on WAMP Server 2.0i since October. I currently have wherein I have installed WordPress 3.0 RC3 (and now Final Release). As soon as I installed RC3, I started getting the following error on almost any page or category (but not always on the home page):
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.0\PEAR\PEAR\Config.php on line 650
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.0\PEAR\PEAR\Config.php on line 697
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.0\PEAR\PEAR\Config.php on line 757
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.0\PEAR\PEAR\Config.php on line 786
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.0\PEAR\PEAR\Config.php on line 914
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.0\PEAR\PEAR\Config.php on line 1577
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.0\PEAR\PEAR\Config.php on line 1607
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.0\PEAR\PEAR\Config.php on line 2038
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.0\PEAR\PEAR\Config.php on line 2091
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.0\PEAR\PEAR\Registry.php on line 322
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.0\PEAR\PEAR\Registry.php on line 1450
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.0\PEAR\PEAR\Registry.php on line 1458
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.0\PEAR\PEAR\Frontend.php on line 91
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.0\PEAR\PEAR\Command.php on line 137
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.0\PEAR\PEAR\Command.php on line 154
Warning: Can not find config file, please specify the $pear_user_config variable in /index.php
Error: the template directory (C:\php5\pear\data\PEAR_Frontend_Web\data\templates) is not a directory, or not readable. Make sure the 'data_dir' of your config file (C:\php5\pear\data) points to the correct location !
Again, this was not happening in 2.9 or even 3.0 Beta thru RC2.
Believe me, I've searched high and low and cannot find a solution to the problem. I've played with Environment Paths, include_path in the php.ini. I've tried installing pear with various modified pear.bat files. I've tried installing PEAR through go-pear.php.
Please, any help would be HUGELY appreciated! :)