Title: PHP error “$this cannot be used in static methods”
Last modified: July 23, 2020

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# PHP error “$this cannot be used in static methods”

 *  Resolved [Henk Barreveld](https://wordpress.org/support/users/henk-barreveld/)
 * (@henk-barreveld)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-this-cannot-be-used-in-static-methods/)
 * Hi,
 * Wnen I open a sandbox copy of my website in VS Code, I get the PHP error message“
   $this cannot be used in static methods” for the file
 * `/wp-content/plugins/duplicator/lib/dup_archive/tester/classes/class.datester.
   loggin.php`, line 83. The Duplicator version is 1.3.36.
 * Thought you might want to know…
 * Best regards,
    Henk Barreveld

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 *  [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
 * (@corylamleorg)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-this-cannot-be-used-in-static-methods/#post-13169288)
 * Hey [@henk-barreveld](https://wordpress.org/support/users/henk-barreveld/)
 * Thanks for letting us know we will have someone take a look at it.
 * Cheers~

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-this-cannot-be-used-in-static-methods/#post-13169288)
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