PHP 5->8 Conversion

[adzie]

Hi all,  need some help converting some old code I ran years ago

This is the class I am calling:-

class template
{
public static $vars = array();

public static function show($tpl_path)
{
extract(self::$vars, EXTR_OVERWRITE);
ob_start();
include $tpl_path;
$cont = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
return $cont;
}

This is it being called

# new template instance
$basetemplate = new template();

$m1 = 'frontpage';
$m2 = 'index';

$content = template::show($m1::$m2());

Standard error i'm getting is Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Non-static method

 

Changing $content = $basetemplate->show($m1::$m2()); doesn't solve it.

 

Any thoughts or suggestions?  Many thanks all

[maxxd]

I take it there's a class called 'frontpage' with a non-static method called 'index'?

[Danishhafeez]

n PHP, to call a static method, you should use the class name directly followed by ::, like ClassName::method(). Non-static methods are called on an instance of the class using the arrow operator (->).

Since show() is a static method, you should call it directly from the class without creating an instance of the template class. So your call should look like this:

 

$content = template::show($m1::$m2());

However, your error suggests that $m1::$m2() is not returning a valid class name. Ensure that $m1 is a class name and $m2 is a static method of that class. If you intend to call a static method of a class stored in a variable, you can use call_user_func() or call_user_func_array() like this:

$content = call_user_func(array($m1, $m2));

Or directly:

$content = $m1::$m2();

Make sure that $m1 holds the name of a class and $m2 holds the name of a static method of that class.

Best Regard

Danish hafeez | QA Assistant

ICTInnovations

 

[adzie]

Perfect thanks guys, that's been helpful!