Hi all
On an old site, using the old (but good) Soapbox.
Xoops 2016 running PHP Version 5.2.9
Trying to submit or edit an article i´m having this error:
Fatal error: Using $this when not in object context in /home/wwws/public_html/modules/soapbox/admin/article.php on line 303
Follow a chunk of that file:
 // Save to database 
        if ( !$articleID ) 
            { 
            if ( $xoopsDB -> query( "INSERT INTO " . $xoopsDB -> prefix( "sbarticles" ) . " (articleID, columnID, headline, lead, bodytext, teaser, weight, html, smiley, xcodes, breaks, block, artimage, votes, rating, comments, offline, datesub ) VALUES ('', '$columnID', '$headline', '$lead', '$bodytext', '$teaser', '$weight', '$html', '$smiley', '$xcodes', '$breaks', '$block', '$artimage', '$votes', '$rating', '$comments', '$offline', '$date' )" ) ) 
                { 
                $this -> db = & Database :: getInstance(); 
                $newid = mysql_insert_id(); 
                $result = $xoopsDB -> query( "SELECT columnID FROM " . $xoopsDB -> prefix( "sbarticles" ) . " WHERE articleID = '$newid'" ); 
                list($columnID) = $xoopsDB -> fetchrow($result); 
 
                $result = $xoopsDB -> query( "SELECT name, total FROM " . $xoopsDB -> prefix( "sbcolumns" ) . " WHERE colid = '$columnID'" ); 
                list( $name, $total ) = $xoopsDB -> fetchrow( $result ); 
                $total++; 
 
                $tags = array(); 
                $tags['ARTICLE_NAME'] = $headline; 
                $tags['ARTICLE_URL'] = XOOPS_URL . '/modules/' . $xoopsModule -> getVar( 'dirname' ) . '/index.php?art&lid=' . $newid;  
                $tags['COLUMN_NAME'] = $name; 
                $tags['COLUMN_URL'] = XOOPS_URL . '/modules/' . $xoopsModule -> getVar( 'dirname' ) . '/index.php?op=col&columnID=' . $columnID; 
                $notification_handler = & xoops_gethandler( 'notification' ); 
                $notification_handler -> triggerEvent( 'global', 0, 'new_article', $tags ); 
                $notification_handler -> triggerEvent( 'category', $columnID, 'new_article', $tags ); 
 
                if ( $xoopsDB -> queryF( "UPDATE " . $xoopsDB -> prefix( "sbcolumns" ) . " SET total = '$total' WHERE columnID = '$columnID'" ) ) 
 
                redirect_header( "index.php", 1, _AM_SB_ARTCREATEDOK ); 
                }  
            else 
                { 
                redirect_header( "index.php", 1, _AM_SB_ARTNOTCREATED ); 
                } 
            }  
        else  // That is, $articleID exists, thus we're editing an article 
            { 
            if ( $xoopsDB -> query( "UPDATE " . $xoopsDB -> prefix( "sbarticles" ) . " SET columnID = '$columnID', headline = '$headline', lead = '$lead', bodytext = '$bodytext', teaser = '$teaser', weight = '$weight', html = '$html', smiley = '$smiley', xcodes = '$xcodes', breaks = '$breaks', block = '$block', artimage = '$artimage', votes = '$votes', rating = '$rating', comments = '$comments', offline = '$offline', datesub =  '$date' WHERE articleID = '$articleID'" ) ) 
                { 
                redirect_header( "index.php", 1, _AM_SB_ARTMODIFIED ); 
                }  
            else 
                { 
                redirect_header( "index.php", 1, _AM_SB_ARTNOTUPDATED ); 
                } 
            } 
        exit(); 
        break;  
The line spotted in the error is:
 $this -> db = & Database :: getInstance();  
So I ask, any "quick" fix for that fatal error?
I know that Soapbox is pretty old but it has some very interesting features and the site in question has lots of good articles on It...
thank you all in advance