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[Scott Mattocks]

It is used to call methods statically and it is part of "pure" PHP.

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/keyword.paamayim-nekudotayim.php

Phil Duffy wrote:
> What is the significance of the '::' notation in functions?  It seems to
> appear in PEAR, as in PEAR::isError()
> <http://pear.php.net/manual/en/core.pear.pear.iserror.php> , but I have also
> seen it in Seagull, which is based upon PEAR.  I assume it is not a part of
> pure PHP since it doesn't appear in any of the indices in the PHP books I
> have read.  I have not found an explanation of this notation in the PEAR
> Manual.
> 
> Phil Duffy
> 
> 
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Scott Mattocks
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