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Can someone tell me what this is? ->
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:44 pm
by lemonfreshmedia
->
I see it all over but can find its definition anywhere.[/b]
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:50 pm
by Burrito
it is how you call a method or property for an object.
ex:
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$someInstance = new someClass();
echo $someInstance->someMethod();
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 5:33 pm
by Chris Corbyn
Which is the same as the dot in Java or C++
EDIT | You'll also see :: used too. someClass::someMethod() -- That's static and is *basically* another way to refer to a class but not in an object sense.
Re: Can someone tell me what this is? ->
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 11:19 pm
by Roja
lemonfreshmedia wrote:->
I see it all over but can find its definition anywhere.[/b]
Read it from Right to Left (backwards for most of the west) as "OF".
So:
SomeClass->SomeMethod();
Would read:
SomeMethod OF SomeClass.
I've heard it done with "IN", but I don't particularly like that interpretation and implication.
The double-colon ( :: ) is called Paamayim Nekudotayim, which in Hebrew means (almost literally) double-colon. But to be honest, I don't know the technical name for ->.
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 12:34 am
by Jenk
parser reads it as "T_OBJECT_OPERATOR"
as this examp will show: