php变量访问,PHP OOP：访问变量

我有以下“学生”课程：

class Student {

public $user_id;

public $name;

public function __construct($user_id) {

$info = $this->studentInfo($user_id);

$this->name = $info['name'];

$this->is_instructor = $info['is_instructor'];

$this->user_id = $info['id'];

}

public static function studentInfo($id) {

global $db;

$u = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query("SELECT * FROM $db[students] WHERE id='$id'"));

if($u) {

return $u;

}

}

public static function getCoursesByInstructor() {

global $db;

return mysql_query("SELECT courses.*, course_types.name FROM $db[courses] as courses

JOIN $db[course_types] as course_types ON courses.course_type_id=course_types.id

WHERE instructor_id='$this->user_id'");

}

}我正在尝试：

$u = new Student(1);

$courses = $u->getCoursesByInstructor();但是我得到以下错误：

致命错误：使用$ this，而不在第54行的/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/flight1/phpincludes/classes/students.class.php中的对象上下文中