Whenenever I'm discussing PHP with colleagues I don't know how to describe the little arrow symbol '->' used for accessing properties and methods in PHP. Does it have a name? Is it called arrow?
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I mostly call it object access operator.
EDIT: Actually, come to think of it; I usually pronounce it as "dot", since most of us here are more familiar with the dot-notation for accessing objects properties. Since it's clearly not a dot, that's probably not the answer you were looking for.
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That's actually what I've been calling it so far, because I'm more familliar with JavaScript, which uses a dot – David Ball Feb 02 '12 at 14:26
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JOKE: We should simply call it "Prince", as it seems to be an unpronounceable identifier with an undefined official name. :) – Julio Marchi Apr 21 '19 at 16:30
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Chaining operator, read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_chaining
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So when I'm reading out A->B aloud, I should say A chaining operator B? – David Ball Feb 02 '12 at 14:24
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Yes I thought so but the other's have sources that it's called `arrow operator`, see below – tim Feb 02 '12 at 14:29
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It's called the object operator (T_OBJECT_OPERATOR).
Details here: Where do we use the object operator "->" in PHP?
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Karoly Horvath
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So when I'm reading out A->B aloud, I should say A object operator B? – David Ball Feb 02 '12 at 14:24
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It's called the Arrow Operator
Although it seems to be called the Arrow Operator, I can’t find reference to it other than this page on the php.net web site. Granted, I didn’t search all that long.
This article outlines this.
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