It's object oriented code. $code is an instance of class, and do_command() is a method if that class. I'd advise reading up on oop php. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk ----- Reply message ----- From: "Adam Williams" <adam_williams@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, Sep 10, 2010 19:27 Subject: [PHP] newbie question about code To: "PHP General list" <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> I'm looking at someone's code to learn and I'm relatively new to programming. In the code I see commands like: $code->do_command(); I'm not really sure what that means. How would that look in procedural style programming? do_command($code); or something else? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php