$this error. Help needed.

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Fatal error: Cannot re-assign $this in /home/****/public_html/admin/modules/approvemembers.php on line 145

This error just started on a clients site. Here is a copy of the file. I have searched for a way to fix this but to no avail. I am hoping that one of you will be able to take the time to help me get this sorted. Thank you in advance.
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I think that this might be a php5 related error but that is just an educated guess.

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:22 am

The $this variable is used in object oriented PHP. Does this code predate the version of PHP that introduced classes and OO? It kind of looks like it. Just rename the $this variable to something else....maybe $that. Smile

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Aug 27, 2002 Posts: 17088

$this should never be used as a variable name except in a class structure, which your file is not. If it is used on a version 5.x site, it will not work as v5.x does not allow you to use reserved words as variable names although v4.x and down does.

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:17 pm

okay, thank you both. Renaming it seems to have worked. I guess someone should update those "approve members" modules one day.