TYPO3 Core

t3lib_extMgm states in it's documentation: "This class is never instantiated, rather the methods inside is called as functions like t3lib_extMgm::isLoaded('my_extension');"

Thus I propose to PHP5ize all methods by marking them 'public static'. This will remove E_STRICT warnings such as this one:

Strict: Non-static method t3lib_extMgm::extPath() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context

I have tested on my own machine, and things seem to run fine. Furthermore I did a grep for 'new t3lib_extMgm' through Typo3, to see if anyone is instaitiating the class; the search gave no results. Googling for "new t3lib_extMgm" did not find exact matches for that string: Thus it seems to be safe make this change.

Only possible danger might be if some extension instantiates t3lib_extMgm. I find this unlikely, since the documentation states you should not, and I have never seen any examples that instantiates t3lib_extMgm.

Doing the change will ensure us that people calling the class correctly will not be shown an E_STRICT warning, but that people calling the class incorrectly will be told right away.

Note: Typo3 does not currently run with E_STRICT.
(issue imported from #M7903)