Title: php error – static method in class
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# php error – static method in class

 *  Resolved [paul buxbaum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paul-buxbaum/)
 * (@paul-buxbaum)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-static-method-in-class/)
 * Using php v5.59, debug.log shows:
 * [11-Aug-2016 19:21:59 UTC] PHP Strict Standards: Non-static method TheSocialLinksFrontend::
   display() should not be called statically in /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/
   the-social-links/includes/class-frontend.php on line 81
 * Using php v7.08, debug.log strict message not seen.
 * Using php v5.59, changing line 81:
    public static function shortcode to: public
   function shortcode
 * removes debug.log message and shortcode appears to still function.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-social-links/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-social-links/)

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 *  [Digital Leap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalleap/)
 * (@digitalleap)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-static-method-in-class/#post-7657666)
 * Hi Paul,
 * Thank you for your feedback. Not sure how the tests missed that – we’ve released
   a fix.

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