[nycphp-talk] Significance of the '::' Notation/Convention in Functions
Scott Mattocks
scott at crisscott.com
Fri Sep 29 10:28:43 EDT 2006
It is used to call methods statically and it is part of "pure" PHP.
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/keyword.paamayim-nekudotayim.php
Phil Duffy wrote:
> What is the significance of the '::' notation in functions? It seems to
> appear in PEAR, as in PEAR::isError()
> <http://pear.php.net/manual/en/core.pear.pear.iserror.php> , but I have also
> seen it in Seagull, which is based upon PEAR. I assume it is not a part of
> pure PHP since it doesn't appear in any of the indices in the PHP books I
> have read. I have not found an explanation of this notation in the PEAR
> Manual.
>
> Phil Duffy
>
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