diff --git a/lib/Cuke4Php.php b/lib/Cuke4Php.php
index 1c03a4f..c647a04 100644
--- a/lib/Cuke4Php.php
+++ b/lib/Cuke4Php.php
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ function snippetText($aSnippet) {
         $sMethodName = "step" . str_replace(" ", "", ucwords(preg_replace("/\W+/", " ", preg_replace("/\"[^\"]*\"/", "Parameter", $aSnippet->step_name))));
         $count = 0;
         $aParams = array();
-        $sStepName = preg_replace("/\"[^\"]*\"/", "\"([^\"]*)\"", preg_quote($aSnippet->step_name), -1, &$count);
+        $sStepName = preg_replace("/\"[^\"]*\"/", "\"([^\"]*)\"", preg_quote($aSnippet->step_name), -1, $count);
         for ($param = 1; $param <= $count; $param++) {
             $aParams[] = "\$arg$param";
         }
@@ -279,4 +279,4 @@ public function $sMethodName($sParams) {
     }
 }
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>