Error message cakephp Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated You will see the above error message when you try to configure cakePHP framework using a Wamp Server installation and set the debug parameter as in

Configure::write('debug', 2);

Cause: CakePHP is not PHP 5.3 ready unlike the latest version of Zend framework.

Remedy: Try downloading older version of PHP - e.g. PHP 5.2.9