PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Using $this when not in object context

Question

I am trying to copy a directory, subdirectories and files to another location with php. I am using the following script:

recurseCopy("../storage", "storage2");
function recurseCopy($src, $dst)
{
    $dir = opendir($src);
    mkdir($dst);
    while(false !== ( $file = readdir($dir)) ) {
        if (( $file != '.' ) && ( $file != '..' )) {
            if ( is_dir($src . '/' . $file) ) {
                $this->recurseCopy($src . '/' . $file, $dst . '/' . $file);
            } else {
                copy($src . '/' . $file,$dst . '/' . $file);
            }
        }
    }
    closedir($dir);
}

I'm pretty sure the issue has something to do with a static method being called but I don't know enough to be able to fix it. Here is my exact error:

[19-May-2022 10:44:25 America/New_York] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Using $this when not in object context in /home/fenchxvj/public_html_dev/dir-copy-func/index.php:10
Stack trace:
#0 /home/fenchxvj/public_html_dev/dir-copy-func/index.php(2): recurseCopy('../storage', 'storage2')
#1 {main}
  thrown in /home/fenchxvj/public_html_dev/dir-copy-func/index.php on line 10

If the function is not inside a class, then `$this` does not exist. It looks like a standalone function, so just remove `$this->` — aynber, May 19 '22 at 14:47

PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Using $this when not in object context

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