Re: Mail::factory()

Ahh, I get ya. Nice one! Thanks, Jon jon bennett | jon@jben.net new media designer / developer _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ J b e n . n e t 91 Gloucester Rd, Trowbridge, Wilts, BA14 0AD t: +44 (0) 1225 341039 w: http://www.jben.net/ On 27 Nov 2003, at 12:26, Mika Tuupola wrote:

On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Jon Bennett wrote:

Just a quickie, what does the '::' mean ??? for instance, when creating a new instance of the mail class, why don't you use Mail->factory() if it's a method of the Mail class ??

It is used when calling a method statically ie. without first making an instance of an object. http://www.php.net/manual/en/keyword.paamayim-nekudotayim.php --

Mika Tuupola                      http://www.appelsiini.net/~tuupola/

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