thanks for your responses, your comments have lead me to: http://php.mirrors.ilisys.com.au/manual/en/language.variables.scope.php and http://php.mirrors.ilisys.com.au/manual/en/language.variables.variable.php which certainly explain what I was after. Thanks! -- ...helmut helmutgranda.com ""Richard Lynch"" <ceo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1492.66.243.145.38.1117673329.squirrel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > On Wed, June 1, 2005 12:43 pm, ...helmut said: >> $this variable -> $this other variable >> >> Means? >> >> I have seen it and i have "used" but I am not sure what exactly it means >> in >> regular English or Spanish wording that is. > > In Computer Science it is known as: > slot > property > member variable > > depending on which language you use (Lisp, Scheme, C++, PHP, ...) > > Dunno what it would be in English, much less Spanish. > > It really isn't all that different from PHP's array indices, though in > other languages the differences are magnified between an array element and > -> > > There are also funky things you can do (in PHP, even) to trigger action > (code) when somebody accesses/reads a slot, or stores data/writes to a > slot. > > If you Google for "Object Oriented" and "Properties, Slots, Member > Variables" in various combinations you should find a ton of info. > > -- > Like Music? > http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
