Question

I’m doing a tutorial on joomla module, but I’m getting a strict standard error with PHP.

Error:

Strict standards: Non-static method modReviewsHelper::getReviews()
should not be called statically in
C:\wamp\www\Joomla_2.5\modules\mod_reviews\mod_reviews.php on line 7
Call Stack

mod_reviews.php

<?php

defined('_JEXEC')or die('Restricted access here?');

require_once(dirname(__FILE__).DS.'helper.php');

$reviews = modReviewsHelper::getReviews($params);

require(JModuleHelper::getLayoutPath('mod_reviews'));
?>

helper.php

<?php
class modReviewsHelper{

    function getReviews( $params ){
        return 'I am a happy user!';
    }
}
?>

tmpl/default.php

<?php
defined('_JEXEC')or die('Restricted access here?');
echo $reviews;
?>

How do I fix this and to make sure that this does not happen in the future?

Answer 1

<?php
class modReviewsHelper{

    static function getReviews( $params ){
        return 'I am a happy user!';
    }
}
?>