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

[jcurtis81]

Does anyone know how to fix the error cause by this:
$options = &PEAR::getStaticProperty('DB_DataObject','options');

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

[Nullsig]

You should not be calling the non-static method statically.

[jcurtis81]

Yes, I know but this site was written including libraries that uses this feature this way. Apparently, the older versions of php you could use a reference ( i.e $foo = &FOO2::method(); ). Is it a way to use this method in a newer version of php.

thanks ahead

[LordMatt]

If the method is explicitly declared as static then it should be fine... However, yes, as you are discovering, the standards of coding from PHP4 to PHP5 have shifted.