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Asked: May 26, 20262026-05-26T08:27:55+00:00 2026-05-26T08:27:55+00:00

I am new to PHP, and I am practicing with some online tutorials. I

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I am new to PHP, and I am practicing with some online tutorials. I usually encounter the sign :: while going through books, online tutorial or blogs. Even if I check some PHP demo applications I see this operator. I tried to put this sign in Google, but I got unexpected results. I even tried to search it in other forums as well, but I didn’t got the right answer. I usually call it a bubble colon, but what is its technical name?

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    2026-05-26T08:27:55+00:00Added an answer on May 26, 2026 at 8:27 am

    :: is the scope resolution operator (you may sometimes find references to Paamayim Nekudotayim, hebrew for “double colon”). It is used to call static functions of a class, as in

    class MyClass {
      public static function hi() {
        echo "hello, world";
      }
    }
    MyClass::hi();
    

    For more details on classes and objects, refer to the official documentation.

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