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language/oop5/paamayim-nekudotayim.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
<sect1 id="language.oop5.paamayim-nekudotayim">
<title>::</title>
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or methods of a class.
</para>
<para>
Paamayim Nekudotayim would, at first, seem a strange choice for a
double-colon. However, at the time of writing of Zend Engine 0.5
(which powered PHP3), that is what Andi and Zeev decided to call it.
It actually does mean double-colon - in Hebrew! As PHP has progressed
with its development it has just never changed.
</para>
<para>
When referencing these items from outside the class definition, you use
name of the class.