::

What does :: means in the following code?

function _DEFAULT() {

		mosMenuBar::media_manager( 'banners' );

}

PHP:

Thanx

 

It's called a scope resolution operator, or paamayim-nekudotayim as mehmetm said, and allows a static, constant, and overridden class method to be executed without the need for instantiating an object of that class. So instead of using $object->method() you use class::method().

 

wots the diff b/w $object->method() and class::method()?

 

as qazu said, you don't need to create an object of the class while using its functions..

so here is an example

http://lixlpixel.org/recursive_function/php/manual/keyword.paamayim-nekudotayim.html

 

Read this.
http://php.net/manual/language.oop5.paamayim-nekudotayim.php

Then this.
http://php.net/manual/language.namespaces.rules.php

 

"paamayim-nekudotayim" - It's in Hebrew
Does anybody knows what it mean?

 

yeah wikipedia knows

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paamayim_Nekudotayim

 

That's not fair LoL....