Code Inspection: Dynamic method called as static

Reports static calls to dynamic class methods.

For classes having the magic method __callStatic, a separate inspection severity and highlighting level can be set.

In PHP 5.6 and later, calling static methods dynamically is deprecated and generates an E_DEPRECATED warning. As of PHP 7.0, calling a non-static method statically results in $this being undefined inside the method. See OOP Basics (php.net) for details.

In the following example, the method foo() is called as static while actually it is dynamic.

            class A {
                public function foo() {}
            }
            $a = new A();
            $a::foo();
        

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Last modified: 11 February 2022