diff --git a/lib/simpletestlib/HELP_MY_TESTS_DONT_WORK_ANYMORE b/lib/simpletestlib/HELP_MY_TESTS_DONT_WORK_ANYMORE
index 8ac9cf2aa51..2d6612badb4 100644
--- a/lib/simpletestlib/HELP_MY_TESTS_DONT_WORK_ANYMORE
+++ b/lib/simpletestlib/HELP_MY_TESTS_DONT_WORK_ANYMORE
@@ -289,13 +289,13 @@ test case expansion against the ease of writing user interfaces.
 
 Code such as...
 
-$test = &new MyTestCase();
+$test = new MyTestCase();
 $test->attachObserver(new TestHtmlDisplay());
 $test->run();
 
 ...should be rewritten as...
 
-$test = &new MyTestCase();
+$test = new MyTestCase();
 $test->run(new HtmlReporter());
 
 If you previously attached multiple observers then the workaround
diff --git a/lib/simpletestlib/browser.php b/lib/simpletestlib/browser.php
index dc544708b40..423e8fbef77 100644
--- a/lib/simpletestlib/browser.php
+++ b/lib/simpletestlib/browser.php
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class SimpleBrowser {
                 SimpleTest::getDefaultProxy(),
                 SimpleTest::getDefaultProxyUsername(),
                 SimpleTest::getDefaultProxyPassword());
-        $this->_page = &new SimplePage();
+        $this->_page = new SimplePage();
         $this->_history = &$this->_createHistory();
         $this->_ignore_frames = false;
         $this->_maximum_nested_frames = DEFAULT_MAX_NESTED_FRAMES;
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ class SimpleBrowser {
      *    @access protected
      */
     function &_createUserAgent() {
-        $user_agent = &new SimpleUserAgent();
+        $user_agent = new SimpleUserAgent();
         return $user_agent;
     }
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class SimpleBrowser {
      *    @access protected
      */
     function &_createHistory() {
-        $history = &new SimpleBrowserHistory();
+        $history = new SimpleBrowserHistory();
         return $history;
     }
 
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ class SimpleBrowser {
         if ($this->_ignore_frames || ! $page->hasFrames() || ($depth > $this->_maximum_nested_frames)) {
             return $page;
         }
-        $frameset = &new SimpleFrameset($page);
+        $frameset = new SimpleFrameset($page);
         foreach ($page->getFrameset() as $key => $url) {
             $frame = &$this->_fetch($url, new SimpleGetEncoding(), $depth + 1);
             $frameset->addFrame($frame, $key);
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ class SimpleBrowser {
      *    @access protected
      */
     function &_buildPage($response) {
-        $builder = &new SimplePageBuilder();
+        $builder = new SimplePageBuilder();
         $page = &$builder->parse($response);
         $builder->free();
         unset($builder);
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ class SimpleBrowser {
     function &_fetch($url, $encoding, $depth = 0) {
         $response = &$this->_user_agent->fetchResponse($url, $encoding);
         if ($response->isError()) {
-            $page = &new SimplePage($response);
+            $page = new SimplePage($response);
         } else {
             $page = &$this->_parse($response, $depth);
         }
diff --git a/lib/simpletestlib/default_reporter.php b/lib/simpletestlib/default_reporter.php
index 69b0797e385..a25844f80cc 100644
--- a/lib/simpletestlib/default_reporter.php
+++ b/lib/simpletestlib/default_reporter.php
@@ -111,20 +111,20 @@ class DefaultReporter extends SimpleReporterDecorator {
             global $argv;
             $parser = new SimpleCommandLineParser($argv);
             $interfaces = $parser->isXml() ? array('XmlReporter') : array('TextReporter');
-            $reporter = &new SelectiveReporter(
+            $reporter = new SelectiveReporter(
                     SimpleTest::preferred($interfaces),
                     $parser->getTestCase(),
                     $parser->getTest());
             if ($parser->noSkips()) {
-                $reporter = &new NoSkipsReporter($reporter);
+                $reporter = new NoSkipsReporter($reporter);
             }
         } else {
-            $reporter = &new SelectiveReporter(
+            $reporter = new SelectiveReporter(
                     SimpleTest::preferred('HtmlReporter'),
                     @$_GET['c'],
                     @$_GET['t']);
             if (@$_GET['skips'] == 'no' || @$_GET['show-skips'] == 'no') {
-                $reporter = &new NoSkipsReporter($reporter);
+                $reporter = new NoSkipsReporter($reporter);
             }
         }
         $this->SimpleReporterDecorator($reporter);
diff --git a/lib/simpletestlib/detached.php b/lib/simpletestlib/detached.php
index 708e6e1c2e6..706c4ceedc0 100644
--- a/lib/simpletestlib/detached.php
+++ b/lib/simpletestlib/detached.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class DetachedTestCase {
      *    @access public
      */
     function run(&$reporter) {
-        $shell = &new SimpleShell();
+        $shell = new SimpleShell();
         $shell->execute($this->_command);
         $parser = &$this->_createParser($reporter);
         if (! $parser->parse($shell->getOutput())) {
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ class DetachedTestCase {
      */
     function getSize() {
         if ($this->_size === false) {
-            $shell = &new SimpleShell();
+            $shell = new SimpleShell();
             $shell->execute($this->_dry_command);
-            $reporter = &new SimpleReporter();
+            $reporter = new SimpleReporter();
             $parser = &$this->_createParser($reporter);
             if (! $parser->parse($shell->getOutput())) {
                 trigger_error('Cannot parse incoming XML from [' . $this->_dry_command . ']');
diff --git a/lib/simpletestlib/eclipse.php b/lib/simpletestlib/eclipse.php
index c5e715458ca..0cb93726ad9 100644
--- a/lib/simpletestlib/eclipse.php
+++ b/lib/simpletestlib/eclipse.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class EclipseReporter extends SimpleScorer {
      *    @return SimpleSocket      Connection to Eclipse.
      */
     function &createListener($port, $host="127.0.0.1"){
-        $tmplistener = &new SimpleSocket($host, $port, 5);
+        $tmplistener = new SimpleSocket($host, $port, 5);
         return $tmplistener;
     }
     
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class EclipseReporter extends SimpleScorer {
      *    @access public
      */
     function &createInvoker(&$invoker){
-        $eclinvoker = &new EclipseInvoker($invoker, $this->_listener);
+        $eclinvoker = new EclipseInvoker($invoker, $this->_listener);
         return $eclinvoker;
     }
     
diff --git a/lib/simpletestlib/expectation.php b/lib/simpletestlib/expectation.php
index 11bc95b148f..2b191979928 100644
--- a/lib/simpletestlib/expectation.php
+++ b/lib/simpletestlib/expectation.php
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class SimpleExpectation {
      */
     function &_getDumper() {
         if (! $this->_dumper) {
-            $dumper = &new SimpleDumper();
+            $dumper = new SimpleDumper();
             return $dumper;
         }
         return $this->_dumper;
diff --git a/lib/simpletestlib/extensions/pear_test_case.php b/lib/simpletestlib/extensions/pear_test_case.php
index 4f9f4ad3eeb..8ecfe1b4650 100644
--- a/lib/simpletestlib/extensions/pear_test_case.php
+++ b/lib/simpletestlib/extensions/pear_test_case.php
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@
          */
         function assertEquals($first, $second, $message = "%s", $delta = 0) {
             if ($this->_loosely_typed) {
-                $expectation = &new EqualExpectation($first);
+                $expectation = new EqualExpectation($first);
             } else {
-                $expectation = &new IdenticalExpectation($first);
+                $expectation = new IdenticalExpectation($first);
             }
             $this->assert($expectation, $second, $message);
         }
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
          *    @public
          */
         function assertSame(&$first, &$second, $message = "%s") {
-            $dumper = &new SimpleDumper();
+            $dumper = new SimpleDumper();
             $message = sprintf(
                     $message,
                     "[" . $dumper->describeValue($first) .
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
          *    @public
          */
         function assertNotSame(&$first, &$second, $message = "%s") {
-            $dumper = &new SimpleDumper();
+            $dumper = new SimpleDumper();
             $message = sprintf(
                     $message,
                     "[" . $dumper->describeValue($first) .
diff --git a/lib/simpletestlib/form.php b/lib/simpletestlib/form.php
index 8a73e5a81b3..937f2628d4a 100644
--- a/lib/simpletestlib/form.php
+++ b/lib/simpletestlib/form.php
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class SimpleForm {
      */
     function _addRadioButton(&$tag) {
         if (! isset($this->_radios[$tag->getName()])) {
-            $this->_widgets[] = &new SimpleRadioGroup();
+            $this->_widgets[] = new SimpleRadioGroup();
             $this->_radios[$tag->getName()] = count($this->_widgets) - 1;
         }
         $this->_widgets[$this->_radios[$tag->getName()]]->addWidget($tag);
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ class SimpleForm {
             $index = $this->_checkboxes[$tag->getName()];
             if (! SimpleTestCompatibility::isA($this->_widgets[$index], 'SimpleCheckboxGroup')) {
                 $previous = &$this->_widgets[$index];
-                $this->_widgets[$index] = &new SimpleCheckboxGroup();
+                $this->_widgets[$index] = new SimpleCheckboxGroup();
                 $this->_widgets[$index]->addWidget($previous);
             }
             $this->_widgets[$index]->addWidget($tag);
diff --git a/lib/simpletestlib/http.php b/lib/simpletestlib/http.php
index e309b0f5301..d414806f5d7 100644
--- a/lib/simpletestlib/http.php
+++ b/lib/simpletestlib/http.php
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ class SimpleRoute {
      */
     function &_createSocket($scheme, $host, $port, $timeout) {
         if (in_array($scheme, array('https'))) {
-            $socket = &new SimpleSecureSocket($host, $port, $timeout);
+            $socket = new SimpleSecureSocket($host, $port, $timeout);
         } else {
-            $socket = &new SimpleSocket($host, $port, $timeout);
+            $socket = new SimpleSocket($host, $port, $timeout);
         }
         return $socket;
     }
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ class SimpleHttpRequest {
      *    @access protected
      */
     function &_createResponse(&$socket) {
-        $response = &new SimpleHttpResponse(
+        $response = new SimpleHttpResponse(
                 $socket,
                 $this->_route->getUrl(),
                 $this->_encoding);
@@ -516,13 +516,13 @@ class SimpleHttpResponse extends SimpleStickyError {
     function _parse($raw) {
         if (! $raw) {
             $this->_setError('Nothing fetched');
-            $this->_headers = &new SimpleHttpHeaders('');
+            $this->_headers = new SimpleHttpHeaders('');
         } elseif (! strstr($raw, "\r\n\r\n")) {
             $this->_setError('Could not split headers from content');
-            $this->_headers = &new SimpleHttpHeaders($raw);
+            $this->_headers = new SimpleHttpHeaders($raw);
         } else {
             list($headers, $this->_content) = split("\r\n\r\n", $raw, 2);
-            $this->_headers = &new SimpleHttpHeaders($headers);
+            $this->_headers = new SimpleHttpHeaders($headers);
         }
     }
     
diff --git a/lib/simpletestlib/mock_objects.php b/lib/simpletestlib/mock_objects.php
index e007ae14f4e..f37fc76120c 100644
--- a/lib/simpletestlib/mock_objects.php
+++ b/lib/simpletestlib/mock_objects.php
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class ParametersExpectation extends SimpleExpectation {
         $descriptions = array();
         if (is_array($args)) {
             foreach ($args as $arg) {
-                $dumper = &new SimpleDumper();
+                $dumper = new SimpleDumper();
                 $descriptions[] = $dumper->describeValue($arg);
             }
         }
@@ -652,8 +652,8 @@ class SimpleMock {
      *    @access public
      */
     function SimpleMock() {
-        $this->_actions = &new SimpleCallSchedule();
-        $this->_expectations = &new SimpleCallSchedule();
+        $this->_actions = new SimpleCallSchedule();
+        $this->_expectations = new SimpleCallSchedule();
         $this->_call_counts = array();
         $this->_expected_counts = array();
         $this->_max_counts = array();
@@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@ class MockGenerator {
         $code .= $this->_addMethodList(array_merge($methods, $this->_reflection->getMethods()));
         $code .= "\n";
         $code .= "    function " . $this->_mock_class . "() {\n";
-        $code .= "        \$this->_mock = &new " . $this->_mock_base . "();\n";
+        $code .= "        \$this->_mock = new " . $this->_mock_base . "();\n";
         $code .= "        \$this->_mock->disableExpectationNameChecks();\n";
         $code .= "    }\n";
         $code .= $this->_chainMockReturns();
@@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@ class MockGenerator {
         $code .= $this->_addMethodList($methods);
         $code .= "\n";
         $code .= "    function " . $this->_mock_class . "() {\n";
-        $code .= "        \$this->_mock = &new " . $this->_mock_base . "();\n";
+        $code .= "        \$this->_mock = new " . $this->_mock_base . "();\n";
         $code .= "        \$this->_mock->disableExpectationNameChecks();\n";
         $code .= "    }\n";
         $code .= $this->_chainMockReturns();
diff --git a/lib/simpletestlib/page.php b/lib/simpletestlib/page.php
index f36a9581f41..a134eaddd17 100644
--- a/lib/simpletestlib/page.php
+++ b/lib/simpletestlib/page.php
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class SimplePageBuilder extends SimpleSaxListener {
      *    @access protected
      */
     function &_createPage($response) {
-        $page = &new SimplePage($response);
+        $page = new SimplePage($response);
         return $page;
     }
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class SimplePageBuilder extends SimpleSaxListener {
      *    @access protected
      */
     function &_createParser(&$listener) {
-        $parser = &new SimpleHtmlSaxParser($listener);
+        $parser = new SimpleHtmlSaxParser($listener);
         return $parser;
     }
     
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class SimplePageBuilder extends SimpleSaxListener {
      *    @access public
      */
     function startElement($name, $attributes) {
-        $factory = &new SimpleTagBuilder();
+        $factory = new SimpleTagBuilder();
         $tag = $factory->createTag($name, $attributes);
         if (! $tag) {
             return true;
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ class SimplePage {
      *    @access public
      */
     function acceptFormStart(&$tag) {
-        $this->_open_forms[] = &new SimpleForm($tag, $this);
+        $this->_open_forms[] = new SimpleForm($tag, $this);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/lib/simpletestlib/parser.php b/lib/simpletestlib/parser.php
index 37db3d0c980..ba679142c09 100644
--- a/lib/simpletestlib/parser.php
+++ b/lib/simpletestlib/parser.php
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class SimpleLexer {
         $this->_case = $case;
         $this->_regexes = array();
         $this->_parser = &$parser;
-        $this->_mode = &new SimpleStateStack($start);
+        $this->_mode = new SimpleStateStack($start);
         $this->_mode_handlers = array($start => $start);
     }
     
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ class SimpleHtmlSaxParser {
      *    @static
      */
     function &createLexer(&$parser) {
-        $lexer = &new SimpleHtmlLexer($parser);
+        $lexer = new SimpleHtmlLexer($parser);
         return $lexer;
     }
     
diff --git a/lib/simpletestlib/readme_moodle.txt b/lib/simpletestlib/readme_moodle.txt
index 7532b0aca45..2b881f2e742 100644
--- a/lib/simpletestlib/readme_moodle.txt
+++ b/lib/simpletestlib/readme_moodle.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ Changes:
    //moodlefix ends comments. This has been reported back to the simpletest mailing
    list. Hopefully will be included in a future release.
  * modified run() in test_case.php - skipping tests that need fake db if prefix not set
+ * search replace deprecated "=& new"
 
 skodak, Tim
-
-$Id$
diff --git a/lib/simpletestlib/remote.php b/lib/simpletestlib/remote.php
index 15e55c98ace..764e840a5c1 100644
--- a/lib/simpletestlib/remote.php
+++ b/lib/simpletestlib/remote.php
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class RemoteTestCase {
      *    @access protected
      */
     function &_createBrowser() {
-        $browser = &new SimpleBrowser();
+        $browser = new SimpleBrowser();
         return $browser;
     }
     
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class RemoteTestCase {
      *    @access protected
      */
     function &_createParser(&$reporter) {
-        $parser = &new SimpleTestXmlParser($reporter);
+        $parser = new SimpleTestXmlParser($reporter);
         return $parser;
     }
     
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class RemoteTestCase {
                 trigger_error('Cannot read remote test URL [' . $this->_dry_url . ']');
                 return false;
             }
-            $reporter = &new SimpleReporter();
+            $reporter = new SimpleReporter();
             $parser = &$this->_createParser($reporter);
             if (! $parser->parse($xml)) {
                 trigger_error('Cannot parse incoming XML from [' . $this->_dry_url . ']');
diff --git a/lib/simpletestlib/shell_tester.php b/lib/simpletestlib/shell_tester.php
index 4aff96fc5bf..14186796d83 100644
--- a/lib/simpletestlib/shell_tester.php
+++ b/lib/simpletestlib/shell_tester.php
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ class ShellTestCase extends SimpleTestCase {
      *    @access protected
      */
     function &_createShell() {
-        $shell = &new SimpleShell();
+        $shell = new SimpleShell();
         return $shell;
     }
 }
diff --git a/lib/simpletestlib/simpletest.php b/lib/simpletestlib/simpletest.php
index 1581fbf6123..0079a1ffaf9 100644
--- a/lib/simpletestlib/simpletest.php
+++ b/lib/simpletestlib/simpletest.php
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ class SimpleTestContext {
      */
     function &get($resource) {
         if (! isset($this->_resources[$resource])) {
-            $this->_resources[$resource] = &new $resource();
+            $this->_resources[$resource] = new $resource();
         }
         return $this->_resources[$resource];
     }
diff --git a/lib/simpletestlib/test_case.php b/lib/simpletestlib/test_case.php
index c812e7fd54d..be65e81f7f5 100644
--- a/lib/simpletestlib/test_case.php
+++ b/lib/simpletestlib/test_case.php
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ class SimpleTestCase {
      *    @access public
      */
     function &createInvoker() {
-        $invoker = &new SimpleErrorTrappingInvoker(new SimpleInvoker($this));
+        $invoker = new SimpleErrorTrappingInvoker(new SimpleInvoker($this));
         if (version_compare(phpversion(), '5') >= 0) {
-            $invoker = &new SimpleExceptionTrappingInvoker($invoker);
+            $invoker = new SimpleExceptionTrappingInvoker($invoker);
         }
         return $invoker;
     }
@@ -467,11 +467,11 @@ class SimpleFileLoader {
      */
     function &createSuiteFromClasses($title, $classes) {
         if (count($classes) == 0) {
-            $suite = &new BadTestSuite($title, "No runnable test cases in [$title]");
+            $suite = new BadTestSuite($title, "No runnable test cases in [$title]");
             return $suite;
         }
         SimpleTest::ignoreParentsIfIgnored($classes);
-        $suite = &new TestSuite($title);
+        $suite = new TestSuite($title);
         foreach ($classes as $class) {
             if (! SimpleTest::isIgnored($class)) {
                 $suite->addTestClass($class);
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ class TestSuite {
      */
     function addTestClass($class) {
         if (TestSuite::getBaseTestCase($class) == 'testsuite') {
-            $this->_test_cases[] = &new $class();
+            $this->_test_cases[] = new $class();
         } else {
             $this->_test_cases[] = $class;
         }
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ class TestSuite {
         if (! is_string($test_case)) {
             $this->_test_cases[] = &$test_case;
         } elseif (TestSuite::getBaseTestCase($class) == 'testsuite') {
-            $this->_test_cases[] = &new $class();
+            $this->_test_cases[] = new $class();
         } else {
             $this->_test_cases[] = $class;
         }
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ class TestSuite {
                     @ini_set('max_execution_time', $currenttl);
                 }
                 // moodle hack end
-                $test = &new $class();
+                $test = new $class();
                 $test->run($reporter);
                 unset($test);
             } else {
diff --git a/lib/simpletestlib/unit_tester.php b/lib/simpletestlib/unit_tester.php
index 54a13480d14..ce51b88267f 100644
--- a/lib/simpletestlib/unit_tester.php
+++ b/lib/simpletestlib/unit_tester.php
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class UnitTestCase extends SimpleTestCase {
      *    @access public
      */
     function assertNull($value, $message = '%s') {
-        $dumper = &new SimpleDumper();
+        $dumper = new SimpleDumper();
         $message = sprintf(
                 $message,
                 '[' . $dumper->describeValue($value) . '] should be null');
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class UnitTestCase extends SimpleTestCase {
      *    @access public
      */
     function assertNotNull($value, $message = '%s') {
-        $dumper = &new SimpleDumper();
+        $dumper = new SimpleDumper();
         $message = sprintf(
                 $message,
                 '[' . $dumper->describeValue($value) . '] should not be null');
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ class UnitTestCase extends SimpleTestCase {
      *    @access public
      */
     function assertReference(&$first, &$second, $message = '%s') {
-        $dumper = &new SimpleDumper();
+        $dumper = new SimpleDumper();
         $message = sprintf(
                 $message,
                 '[' . $dumper->describeValue($first) .
@@ -257,13 +257,13 @@ class UnitTestCase extends SimpleTestCase {
      *    @access public
      */
     function assertClone(&$first, &$second, $message = '%s') {
-        $dumper = &new SimpleDumper();
+        $dumper = new SimpleDumper();
         $message = sprintf(
                 $message,
                 '[' . $dumper->describeValue($first) .
                         '] and [' . $dumper->describeValue($second) .
                         '] should not be the same object');
-        $identical = &new IdenticalExpectation($first);
+        $identical = new IdenticalExpectation($first);
         return $this->assertTrue(
                 $identical->test($second) &&
                         ! SimpleTestCompatibility::isReference($first, $second),
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ class UnitTestCase extends SimpleTestCase {
      *    @deprecated
      */
     function assertCopy(&$first, &$second, $message = "%s") {
-        $dumper = &new SimpleDumper();
+        $dumper = new SimpleDumper();
         $message = sprintf(
                 $message,
                 "[" . $dumper->describeValue($first) .
diff --git a/lib/simpletestlib/url.php b/lib/simpletestlib/url.php
index ce3765ea368..f4b501296da 100644
--- a/lib/simpletestlib/url.php
+++ b/lib/simpletestlib/url.php
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ class SimpleUrl {
      */
     function clearRequest() {
         $this->_raw = false;
-        $this->_request = &new SimpleGetEncoding();
+        $this->_request = new SimpleGetEncoding();
     }
     
     /**
diff --git a/lib/simpletestlib/user_agent.php b/lib/simpletestlib/user_agent.php
index 5e02beded0e..e8cb32cc682 100644
--- a/lib/simpletestlib/user_agent.php
+++ b/lib/simpletestlib/user_agent.php
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ class SimpleUserAgent {
      *    @access public
      */
     function SimpleUserAgent() {
-        $this->_cookie_jar = &new SimpleCookieJar();
-        $this->_authenticator = &new SimpleAuthenticator();
+        $this->_cookie_jar = new SimpleCookieJar();
+        $this->_authenticator = new SimpleAuthenticator();
     }
     
     /**
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class SimpleUserAgent {
         if ((strncmp($proxy, 'http://', 7) != 0) && (strncmp($proxy, 'https://', 8) != 0)) {
             $proxy = 'http://'. $proxy;
         }
-        $this->_proxy = &new SimpleUrl($proxy);
+        $this->_proxy = new SimpleUrl($proxy);
         $this->_proxy_username = $username;
         $this->_proxy_password = $password;
     }
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ class SimpleUserAgent {
      *    @access protected
      */
     function &_createHttpRequest($url, $encoding) {
-        $request = &new SimpleHttpRequest($this->_createRoute($url), $encoding);
+        $request = new SimpleHttpRequest($this->_createRoute($url), $encoding);
         return $request;
     }
     
@@ -307,13 +307,13 @@ class SimpleUserAgent {
      */
     function &_createRoute($url) {
         if ($this->_proxy) {
-            $route = &new SimpleProxyRoute(
+            $route = new SimpleProxyRoute(
                     $url,
                     $this->_proxy,
                     $this->_proxy_username,
                     $this->_proxy_password);
         } else {
-            $route = &new SimpleRoute($url);
+            $route = new SimpleRoute($url);
         }
         return $route;
     }
diff --git a/lib/simpletestlib/web_tester.php b/lib/simpletestlib/web_tester.php
index c29eb64867b..d4f9e5a085f 100644
--- a/lib/simpletestlib/web_tester.php
+++ b/lib/simpletestlib/web_tester.php
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ class WebTestCase extends SimpleTestCase {
      *    @access public
      */
     function &createBrowser() {
-        $browser = &new SimpleBrowser();
+        $browser = new SimpleBrowser();
         return $browser;
     }