Non-static method should not be called statically
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<h3 id="summary-problem-motivation">Problem/Motivation</h3>
<p>The module uses first-class callable syntax like this in many of its forms:</p>
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<pre><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'#validate' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> [<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$this</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">validateListForm</span><span style="color: #007700">(...),<br> ],<br> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'#submit' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> [<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$this</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">submitDeleteRecord</span><span style="color: #007700">(...),<br> ],<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span></span></pre></div>
<p>However, you can't use <code>$this::</code> unless it's a static function. <a href="https://www.php.net/manual/en/functions.first_class_callable_syntax.php">The PHP documentation</a> shows this:</p>
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<pre><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br>$obj </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Foo</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$classStr </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Foo'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$methodStr </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'method'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$staticmethodStr </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'staticmethod'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br><br><br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$f1 </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">strlen</span><span style="color: #007700">(...);<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$f2 </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$obj</span><span style="color: #007700">(...); </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// invokable object<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$f3 </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$obj</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">method</span><span style="color: #007700">(...);<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$f4 </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$obj</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$methodStr</span><span style="color: #007700">(...);<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$f5 </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Foo</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">staticmethod</span><span style="color: #007700">(...);<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$f6 </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$classStr</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$staticmethodStr</span><span style="color: #007700">(...);<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span></span></pre></div>
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<p>So it should be <code>$this->validateListForm(...)</code>, etc.</p>
<h3 id="summary-proposed-resolution">Proposed resolution</h3>
<p>Convert all the first-class callable functions to use the non-static syntax if the function isn't static.</p>
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