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what does "->" mean?

Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 6:58 am
by dencker
Hi people.
I've programmed PHP for quite a long time, but my skills are very basic. Therefore I'm looking into going more advanced. I'm sure this a very basic thing, but I've seen in a bunch of pre-programmed websites that "->" is used. What does that mean?
- Dencker.

Re: what does "->" mean?

Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:36 am
by jaoudestudios
Its object orientated programming.

Read http://us2.php.net/oop it should answer a lot of questions :)

Re: what does "->" mean?

Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:10 am
by dencker
Thank you very much mate :-)

Re: what does "->" mean?

Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:31 pm
by Skoalbasher
I understand OOP and how to use it. I just don't know WHY to use it. Procedural seems to do the trick for me. I've been to the PHP manual, but it's too technical, just telling me HOW and not WHY or WHEN. If anybody could point me in the right direction that'd be awesome.

Sorry to hijack this thread.

Re: what does "->" mean?

Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 2:18 am
by jaoudestudios
Skoalbasher wrote:I understand OOP and how to use it. I just don't know WHY to use it. Procedural seems to do the trick for me. I've been to the PHP manual, but it's too technical, just telling me HOW and not WHY or WHEN. If anybody could point me in the right direction that'd be awesome.

Sorry to hijack this thread.
I would start a new thread with your question and a relevant title.