diff --git a/src/pfccommand.class.php b/src/pfccommand.class.php
index 00b2d193..44d24e6b 100644
--- a/src/pfccommand.class.php
+++ b/src/pfccommand.class.php
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@ function &Factory($name)
     
     if (!class_exists($cmd_classname)) { $tmp = NULL; return $tmp; }
     
-    $cmd =& new $cmd_classname;
-    $cmd->name = $cmd_name;
-      
+    $firstproxy = new $cmd_classname;
+    $firstproxy->name = $cmd_name;
+
     // instanciate the proxies chaine
-    $firstproxy =& $cmd;
+    $proxies = array();
     for($i = count($c->proxies)-1; $i >= 0; $i--)
     {
       $proxy_name      = $c->proxies[$i];
@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@ function &Factory($name)
         return $firstproxy;
       
       // instanciate the proxy
-      $proxy =& new $proxy_classname;
-      $proxy->name      = $cmd_name;
-      $proxy->proxyname = $proxy_name;
-      $proxy->linkTo($firstproxy);
-      $firstproxy =& $proxy;
+      $proxies[$i] = new $proxy_classname;
+      $proxies[$i]->name      = $cmd_name;
+      $proxies[$i]->proxyname = $proxy_name;
+      $proxies[$i]->linkTo($firstproxy);
+      $firstproxy =& $proxies[$i];
     }
 
     /*
diff --git a/src/pfccontainer.class.php b/src/pfccontainer.class.php
index ce901480..30b22465 100644
--- a/src/pfccontainer.class.php
+++ b/src/pfccontainer.class.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /**
  * pfccontainer.class.php
  *
- * Copyright © 2006 Stephane Gully <stephane.gully@gmail.com>
+ * Copyright � 2006 Stephane Gully <stephane.gully@gmail.com>
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ function pfcContainer($type = 'File', $usememorycache = true)
     // create the concrete container instance
     require_once dirname(__FILE__)."/containers/".$type.".class.php";
     $container_classname = "pfcContainer_".$type;
-    $this->_container =& new $container_classname();
+    $this->_container = new $container_classname();
   }
   function getDefaultConfig()
   {
diff --git a/src/pfcproxycommand.class.php b/src/pfcproxycommand.class.php
index 9a0882e9..59075e80 100644
--- a/src/pfcproxycommand.class.php
+++ b/src/pfcproxycommand.class.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ function pfcProxyCommand()
 
   function linkTo(&$cmd)
   {
-    $this->next =& $cmd;
+    $this->next = $cmd;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/phpfreechat.class.php b/src/phpfreechat.class.php
index cf6cbe4c..2fd9eafd 100644
--- a/src/phpfreechat.class.php
+++ b/src/phpfreechat.class.php
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ function &handleRequest($request)
 
     if ($c->debug) ob_start(); // capture output
     
-    $xml_reponse =& new pfcResponse();
+    $xml_reponse = new pfcResponse();
 
     // check the command
     $cmdstr      = "";
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ function &handleRequest($request)
 
   function &loadStyles($theme = 'default', &$xml_reponse)
   {
-    if ($xml_reponse == null) $xml_reponse =& new pfcResponse();
+    if ($xml_reponse == null) $xml_reponse = new pfcResponse();
 
     $c =& pfcGlobalConfig::Instance();
 
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ function &loadStyles($theme = 'default', &$xml_reponse)
 
   function &loadScripts($theme, &$xml_reponse)
   {
-    if ($xml_reponse == null) $xml_reponse =& new pfcResponse();
+    if ($xml_reponse == null) $xml_reponse = new pfcResponse();
 
     $c =& pfcGlobalConfig::Instance();
     
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ function &loadScripts($theme, &$xml_reponse)
   
   function loadInterface($theme = 'default', &$xml_reponse)
   {
-    if ($xml_reponse == null) $xml_reponse =& new pfcResponse();
+    if ($xml_reponse == null) $xml_reponse = new pfcResponse();
 
     $c =& pfcGlobalConfig::Instance();
 
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ function loadInterface($theme = 'default', &$xml_reponse)
 
   function &loadChat($theme = 'default')
   {
-    $xml_reponse =& new pfcResponse();
+    $xml_reponse = new pfcResponse();
 
     $this->loadInterface($theme,$xml_reponse);
     $this->loadStyles($theme,$xml_reponse);