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Possible Duplicate    where we use object operator    - gt     in php   Reference - What does this symbol mean in PHP        I see these in PHP all the time but I don t have a clue as to what they actually mean  What does - gt  do and what does   gt  do  And I m not talking about the operators  They re something else  but nobody seems to know

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- gt  is used to call a method  or access a property  on the object of a class   gt  is used to assign values to the keys of an array E g        ages   array  quot Peter quot   gt 32   quot Quagmire quot   gt 30   quot Joe quot   gt 34  1  gt 2     And since PHP 7 4  the operator   gt  is used too for the added arrow functions  a more concise syntax for anonymous functions

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The double arrow operator    gt   is used as an access mechanism for arrays  This means that what is on the left side of it will have a corresponding value of what is on the right side of it in array context  This can be used to set values of any acceptable type into a corresponding index of an array  The index can be associative  string based  or numeric    myArray   array      0   gt   Big       1   gt   Small       2   gt   Up       3   gt   Down       The object operator  - gt   is used in object scope to access methods and properties of an object  It   s meaning is to say that what is on the right of the operator is a member of the object instantiated into the variable on the left side of the operator  Instantiated is the key term here       Create a new instance of MyObject into  obj  obj   new MyObject       Set a property in the  obj object called thisProperty  obj- gt thisProperty    Fred      Call a method of the  obj object named getProperty  obj- gt getProperty

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-   calls sets object variables  Ex    obj   new StdClass   obj- gt foo    bar   var dump  obj        Sets key value pairs for arrays  Ex    array   array       foo    gt   bar     var dump  array

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gt  is used in associative array key value assignment   Take a look at   http   php net manual en language types array php   - gt  is used to access an object method or property   Example   obj- gt method

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