difference between property accessor

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What is the difference between accessing a property from the class through $this or through new operator or through scope resolution operator in PHP?

$this-> vs -> vs :: in PHP

Duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3961456/difference-double-colon-and-arrow-operators-in-php — Wiseguy, May 06 '11 at 17:54

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 06 '11 at 18:04

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$this-> can be used from inside a class when referencing itself.

$object-> is used from outside the class when referencing a specific object.

$class_name:: is used when referencing a static property or method of a specific class.

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 06 '11 at 17:53

The differen between

$object->property;
Class::property;

is, that the first one access a object property, whereas the second one access a (static) class property. I really dont know, what you mean by "through new operator", because via new no property is accessable in any way, because new just creates a new object instance of a class. However, $this->property is exactly the same, as the first example above, but $this is only valid inside an object method and always references the object itself.

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