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What does -> do

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TStriker

TStriker

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Nov 12, 2003
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I'm looking at a script that contains this line:

$recid = $cgi->get('recid');

What does the "->" between $cgi and get do?

-Striker
 
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it's used in object oriented programming. your exceprt above assigns to the variable $recid the value obtained by caling the method 'get' of the object $cgi.
 
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