Simple Add to Cart Script Problem

[northernnewbie]

Hello,

 

I am relatively new to PHP/MySQL (two months) and this is my first post in the forum.

 

I am trying to implement an 'add to cart' script from http://v3.thewatchmakerproject.com/journal/276/.

 

The demo works fine but when i implement it on my site i get this  warning: "Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated" from what i assume is this Function below:

 

Can anyone help me? Also, i'm aware that using global is not the done thing anymore, so could somebody explain to me what i should do instead of global.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

function showCart() {
global $db;
$cart = $_SESSION['cart'];
if ($cart) {
$items = explode(',',$cart);
$contents = array();
foreach ($items as $item) {
$contents[$item] = (isset($contents[$item])) ? $contents[$item] + 1 : 1;
}
$output[] = '<form action="cart.php?action=update" method="post" id="cart">';
$output[] = '<table>';
foreach ($contents as $id=>$qty) {
$sql = 'SELECT * FROM collection WHERE dress_id = '.$id;
$result = $db->query($sql);
$row = $result->fetch();
extract($row);
$output[] = '<tr>';
$output[] = '<td><a href="cart.php?action=delete&id='.$id.'" class="r">Remove</a></td>';
$output[] = '<td>'.$title.' by '.$author.'</td>';
$output[] = '<td>£'.$price.'</td>';
$output[] = '<td><input type="text" name="qty'.$id.'" value="'.$qty.'" size="3" maxlength="3" /></td>';
$output[] = '<td>£'.($price * $qty).'</td>';
$total += $price * $qty;
$output[] = '</tr>';
}
$output[] = '</table>';
$output[] = '<p>Grand total: <strong>£'.$total.'</strong></p>';
$output[] = '<div><button type="submit">Update cart</button></div>';
$output[] = '</form>';
} else {
$output[] = '<p>You shopping cart is empty.</p>';
}
return join('',$output);
}