[SOLVED] Error message on main Events page

I added a few new events, then noticed that at the top of my main events page, I see the following error message:

"Strict Standards: Only variables should be assigned by reference in /home/mainfolder/public_html/templates/extendsim/index.php on line 2"

This error does not appear on any event pages nor on a categories page, just the main list of events. I deleted the new events I added, but the error message remains on my html page. What does the error mean and how can I delete it?

Thank you!

hi, welcome on this forum where users try to help users. You can help too, giving more informations about your system. Normally we try to reproduce the issue, but for that we need more. Without possibility to reproduce, there's no help!

You have to analyse the file "/home/mainfolder/public_html/templates/extendsim/index.php" where on line 2 an ampersand is used (sometimes) wrongly. Because we don't know this site template we can't give any advanced help.

There IS an ampersand in line 2. Here are the first 7 lines of the template....

<?php defined( '_JEXEC' ) or die( 'Restricted access' );
$doc =& JFactory::getDocument();
$title = $doc->getTitle();
$app = JFactory::getApplication();
$this->setTitle( $title . ' | ' . $app->getCfg( 'sitename' ) );
$menu = $app->getMenu();
if ($menu->getActive() == $menu->getDefault()) {


Shall I remove the ampersand in line 2?

For the moment, I have turned Error Reporting off so the error message no longer shows on the page. But I would like to correct whatever the issue is.

Thank you so much for your advice!

~Kathi