I think si related to class and methods,

JRequest Class have a method called setVar, right? if this is correct sorry for 
posting the question, i just haven't started yet classes and methods...;-)
On May 2, 2010, at 4:41 PM, Nick Balestra wrote:

> I am trying to understand how the joomla framework works, i see an heavy 
> usage of  "  ::  " in its code, here an example:
> 
> function edit ()
>       {
>               JRequest::setVar('view, 'single');
>               $this ->display();
>       }
> 
> 
> from my really basic php understanding in the function edit i call a function 
> setVar() and i pass the paramter 'view' and 'single' in it then the output 
> ($this) is passed to the display() function.
> 
> My question is what does :: means? an more precisely referring to the 
> example: JRequest::setVar('view, 'single');   how do you read it and how do 
> you manage it?
> 
> Cheers, Nick


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