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Non-static method ..... should not be called statically

I have recently done an update to PHP 5.4, and I get an error about static and non-static code.

This is the error:

PHP Strict Standards:  Non-static method VTimer::get() 
should not be called statically in /home/jaco/public_html/include/function_smarty.php on line 371

This is the line 371:

$timer  = VTimer::get($options['magic']);

I hope somebody can help.

Solution

  • That means it should be called like:

    $timer = (new VTimer)->get($options['magic']);

    The difference between static and non-static is that the first one doesn't need instantiation so you can call the classname then append :: to it and call the method immediately. Like so:

    ClassName::method();

    and if the method is not static you need to initialize it like so:

    $var = new ClassName();
$var->method();

    However, in PHP >=5.4 you can use this syntax instead as a shorthand:

    (new ClassName)->method();