Thank a lot for pointing me to this, as you wrote u are right, haven't started 
yet with oo so of course i wasn't able to understand what was this all about.  
thanks again

Nick
On May 2, 2010, at 4:52 PM, viraj wrote:

> hi nick,
> :: is what we call 'scope resolution operator', $this is your 'current scope'.
> 
> i guess you better read
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.php.. all sections :))
> 
> 
> ~viraj
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 8:11 PM, Nick Balestra <n...@beyounic.com> 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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