From 9e5c16aea59e72721072b3df18464d8478ea6b2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aidan Lister Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 11:21:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added a paragraph explaining the origin git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@163502 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1 --- language/oop5/paamayim-nekudotayim.xml | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/language/oop5/paamayim-nekudotayim.xml b/language/oop5/paamayim-nekudotayim.xml index 6af8d734a3..0cd41d1175 100644 --- a/language/oop5/paamayim-nekudotayim.xml +++ b/language/oop5/paamayim-nekudotayim.xml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - + :: @@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ or methods of a class. + + 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. + + When referencing these items from outside the class definition, you use name of the class.