diff -aruN a/XML/Parser.php b/XML/Parser.php
--- a/XML/Parser.php	2022-01-10 11:32:08.624378884 -0500
+++ b/XML/Parser.php	2022-01-10 11:47:09.581396869 -0500
@@ -651,12 +651,12 @@
      *
      * @param mixed $xp       ??
      * @param mixed $elem     ??
-     * @param mixed &$attribs ??
+     * @param mixed $attribs ??
      *
      * @return null
      * @abstract
      */
-    function startHandler($xp, $elem, &$attribs)
+    function startHandler($xp, $elem, $attribs)
     {
         return null;
     }
diff -aruN a/tests/001.phpt b/tests/001.phpt
--- a/tests/001.phpt	2019-04-10 14:18:52.000000000 -0400
+++ b/tests/001.phpt	2022-01-10 11:46:50.341458673 -0500
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
 require_once "XML/Parser.php";
 
 class __TestParser1 extends XML_Parser {
-    function startHandler($xp, $element, &$attribs) {
+    function startHandler($xp, $element, $attribs) {
         print "<$element";
         reset($attribs);
-        while (list($key, $val) = each($attribs)) {
+        foreach ($attribs as $key => $val) {
             $enc = htmlentities($val);
             print " $key=\"$enc\"";
         }
diff -aruN /tests/002.phpt /tests/002.phpt
--- a/tests/002.phpt	2019-04-10 14:18:52.000000000 -0400
+++ b/tests/002.phpt	2022-01-10 11:46:58.281433169 -0500
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
 require_once "XML/Parser.php";
 
 class __TestParser2 extends XML_Parser {
-    function startHandler($xp, $element, &$attribs) {
+    function startHandler($xp, $element, $attribs) {
         print "<$element";
         reset($attribs);
-        while (list($key, $val) = each($attribs)) {
+        foreach ($attribs as $key => $val) {
             $enc = htmlentities($val);
             print " $key=\"$enc\"";
         }
diff -aruN /tests/003.phpt /tests/003.phpt
--- a/tests/003.phpt	2019-04-10 14:18:52.000000000 -0400
+++ b/tests/003.phpt	2022-01-10 11:41:03.402573127 -0500
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
 require_once "XML/Parser.php";
 
 class __TestParser3 extends XML_Parser {
-    function startHandler($xp, $element, &$attribs) {
+    function startHandler($xp, $element, $attribs) {
         print "<$element";
         reset($attribs);
-        while (list($key, $val) = each($attribs)) {
+        foreach ($attribs as $key => $val) {
             $enc = htmlentities($val);
             print " $key=\"$enc\"";
         }