diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_request_cache.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_request_cache.inc.php
index 3232ce6672..527f853c9e 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_request_cache.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_request_cache.inc.php
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class etemplate_request_cache extends etemplate_request
 	 *
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public function id()
+	public function &id()
 	{
 		//error_log(__METHOD__."() id=$this->id");
 		return $this->id;
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class etemplate_request_cache extends etemplate_request
 	/**
 	 * Factory method to get a new request object or the one for an existing request
 	 *
-	 * @param string $id=null
+	 * @param string $id =null
 	 * @return etemplate_request|boolean the object or false if $id is not found
 	 */
 	static function read($id=null)
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_request_files.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_request_files.inc.php
index 60198ef7af..101b2e836a 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_request_files.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_request_files.inc.php
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class etemplate_request_files extends etemplate_request
 	 *
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public function id()
+	public function &id()
 	{
 		//error_log(__METHOD__."() id=$this->id");
 		return $this->id;
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class etemplate_request_files extends etemplate_request
 	/**
 	 * Factory method to get a new request object or the one for an existing request
 	 *
-	 * @param string $id=null
+	 * @param string $id =null
 	 * @return etemplate_request|boolean the object or false if $id is not found
 	 */
 	static function read($id=null)
diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_request_session.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_request_session.inc.php
index 220ed88bf7..ec2f8dc894 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_request_session.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_request_session.inc.php
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class etemplate_request_session extends etemplate_request
 	 *
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public function id()
+	public function &id()
 	{
 		//error_log(__METHOD__."() id=$this->id");
 		return $this->id;
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class etemplate_request_session extends etemplate_request
 	/**
 	 * Factory method to get a new request object or the one for an existing request
 	 *
-	 * @param string $id=null
+	 * @param string $id =null
 	 * @return etemplate_request|boolean the object or false if $id is not found
 	 */
 	static function read($id=null)