-> operator

[mikemcc]

Is there a good description of the -> operator anywhere or can anyone please explain it. I'm an experienced but amateur PHP programmer and see -> used in examples and libraries but cannot find any documentation of it on the w3Schools site, at php.net or elsewhere.

 

Here's an example:

 

if (!$fh = fopen($this->_outputFile, 'wb+')) { return 'error opening outputfile: '.$this->_outputFile.' for wb+ access!';}

 

Many thanks

Edited March 13, 2014 by mikemcc

[Ingolme]

It's part of object-oriented programming. The operator is explained here: http://nl1.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.properties.php

[mikemcc]

Many thanks :-)