Question

ive browsed many articles here but I just can’t make this work for the life of me.

class Database{

    private $host;

    function __construct( $vhost = ''){
        $this->host = $vhost == '' ? db_host : $vhost;
    }

    function connect(){
        echo "Host: ".$this->host;
    }
}

I’ve omitted some unnecessary code but it’s same concept.
I get “Fatal error: Using $this when not in object context” when trying to echo. What am I missing here?

Answer 1

You probably call Database::connect() instead of $somevar->connect(). You can’t refer to this in static context indeed.