Fatal error: Using $this when not in object context

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designer-trying-coding picture designer-trying-coding · Oct 29, 2009 · Viewed 29.6k times · Source

here is the part if having error.

Fatal error: Using $this when not in object context in /pb_events.php on line 6

line 6 is: $jpp = $this->vars->data["jpp"];

function DoEvents($this) {

    global $_CONF, $_PAGE, $_TSM , $base;

    $jpp = $this->vars->data["jpp"];

    $cache["departments"] = $this->db->QFetchRowArray("SELECT * FROM {$this->tables[job_departments]}");
    $cache["locations"] = $this->db->QFetchRowArray("SELECT * FROM {$this->tables[job_location]}");
    $cache["names"] = $this->db->QFetchRowArray("SELECT * FROM {$this->tables[job_names]}");
    $cache["categories"] = $this->db->QFetchRowArray("SELECT * FROM {$this->tables[job_categories]}");

Thanks a lot! appreciate!

Answer

user187291 picture user187291 · Oct 29, 2009

$this only makes sense in methods, not in functions

this is ok

class Foo {
     function bar() {
          $this->...

this is not

function some() {
    $this->

// edit: didn't notice he passes "$this" as parameter

advice: simply replace "$this" with "$somethingElse"

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