Stupid class question.

[neg9]

Okay.. stupid question time.....

While working with classes, what is the :: used for?

I was going to type what i think it does, but i just put actual thought into it and decided i am waayyy off base.

[sijis]

i don't know much about classes, but i've personally never seen that used in PHP.

Don't quote me, but i think that's the same thing as saying:

$var->getFunction();

just a guess really.

[trooper]

When you are using classes the :: notation is used to allow you to access a method of another class without having to create an instance of that class. here's an example:

class title
{
   function title($msg='')
   {
       $this->title = "Welcome";
       $this->user_name = name::show_name;

    $this->title .=$this->user_name 
     return $this->title;
   }
}

  class name
  {

  function name()
  {
   }

 function show_name($name)
 {
    $this->name = $name;
    return $this->name;
 }

  }

So in the above example you are accessing the method of show_name from the name class without having to actually instantiating the name class.

HTH

GM

Originally posted by neg9
Okay.. stupid question time.....

While working with classes, what is the :: used for?

I was going to type what i think it does, but i just put actual thought into it and decided i am waayyy off base.