Just for closure: so many year believing that $value and $this->value was the same!!! Tks everyone for the quick answer :) Ângelo 2008/9/23 Colin Guthrie <gmane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Nathan Rixham wrote: >> >> yeah that's right; add in one more line and the reason why is apparent.. > > Well I think "is apparent" is a bit strong considering e.g. C++ syntax where > syntax is equally valid but the semantics are different. > > So to answer the OPs question, yes this is different in PHP compared to > other languages. I think this is due to the fact that classes are kinda > bolted on in PHP and there isn't really such a thing as "being in a class" > in terms of scoping. $this is allows the class scope to be kind of emulated > inside a functional scope. > > I could be wrong here, but that's my understanding of it. > > Col > > -- > > Colin Guthrie > gmane(at)colin.guthr.ie > http://colin.guthr.ie/ > > Day Job: > Tribalogic Limited [http://www.tribalogic.net/] > Open Source: > Mandriva Linux Contributor [http://www.mandriva.com/] > PulseAudio Hacker [http://www.pulseaudio.org/] > Trac Hacker [http://trac.edgewall.org/] > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
