Fix PHP 7.4 compatibility: replace static return type with self

mrabbani · claude · mrabbani · commit b5c8c91c21b2 · 2026-02-26T14:49:28.000+06:00
The `static` return type requires PHP 8.0+ but the package supports
PHP 7.4+.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 &lt;noreply@anthropic.com&gt;
diff --git a/src/DataLayer/Model/BaseModel.php b/src/DataLayer/Model/BaseModel.php
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ public static function delete_by( array $data ): bool {
 	 *
 	 * @return static|null The populated model, or null if not found.
 	 */
-	public static function find( int $id ): ?static {
+	public static function find( int $id ): ?self {
 		$store = DataLayerFactory::make_store( static::class );
 
 		if ( ! $store ) {
diff --git a/src/DataLayer/QueryResult.php b/src/DataLayer/QueryResult.php
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public function __construct(
 	 *
 	 * @return static
 	 */
-	public static function from_array( array $result ): static {
+	public static function from_array( array $result ): self {
 		return new static(
 			is_array( $result['items'] ) ? $result['items'] : [],
 			(int) $result['total'],

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ public static function delete_by( array $data ): bool {`
`360`	`360`	`*`
`361`	`361`	`* @return static\|null The populated model, or null if not found.`
`362`	`362`	`*/`
`363`		`- public static function find( int $id ): ?static {`
	`363`	`+ public static function find( int $id ): ?self {`
`364`	`364`	`$store = DataLayerFactory::make_store( static::class );`
`365`	`365`
`366`	`366`	`if ( ! $store ) {`
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public function __construct(`
`71`	`71`	`*`
`72`	`72`	`* @return static`
`73`	`73`	`*/`
`74`		`- public static function from_array( array $result ): static {`
	`74`	`+ public static function from_array( array $result ): self {`
`75`	`75`	`return new static(`
`76`	`76`	`is_array( $result['items'] ) ? $result['items'] : [],`
`77`	`77`	`(int) $result['total'],`