title: Turn off deprecated errors in PHP 5.3
body: <p>My server is running PHP 5.3 and my WordPress install is spitting these errors out on me, causing my session_start() to break.  </p>
  
  <pre><code>Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home//public_html/hub/wp-settings.php on line 647
  
  Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home//public_html/hub/wp-settings.php on line 662
  
  Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home//public_html/hub/wp-settings.php on line 669
  
  Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home//public_html/hub/wp-settings.php on line 676
  
  Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home//public_html/hub/wp-settings.php on line 712
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  <p>This is annoying, but I do not want to turn off on screen error reporting. How do I disable these bothersome deprecated warnings?</p>
  
  <p>I am running WordPress 2.9.2.</p>