what does -> mean?

[jiehuang001]

Can someone tell me what "->" does in PHP. I think in C++ there is also such a symbol.

Below is a piece of code from PHP Manual that used "->"

function foo()
{
    $this->foo = 'Foo';
    $this->bar = array('Bar1', 'Bar2', 'Bar3');
}

Thanks.

Jie Huang

[laserlight]

Well, didnt the PHP manual say?

Look under:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop.php

[Rayn]

Its a object pointer.

$FOOD->getfood("cookie");

Would call the function getcookie from the object FOOD, and do the functions operations.

In the object you can set variables.

var foodtype;

in many cases you want to use this variable in a few or all of your functions. So to make the variable transportable between them you use a pointer aswell, but this pointed doesnt call from a object.

example:

function getfood($food) {
$this->foodtype = $food;
}

You should look more into it..