[metazai]

Ok, I've made several PHP-enabled sites, and done what I think is some pretty snazzy programming. I know, of course, that compared to professionals, most of it is simple and clumsy, but I'd like to think that I have learned something about PHP. I've taught myself, however, which leaves some startling gaps in my knowledge. I'm about to undertake a monumental task in PHP, and in reading samples of similar applications to what I want to build, I'm running into a question that is so completely pathetic that I could only post it in a forum on a site with the word "Newbie" in the title:

What's with the arrow? I'm having trouble figuring out the exact use of something like this:

$this->inv_table."some text"

It's the little -> that gets me.

Can someone explain what it's for, so I can use it, or at least understand it?

Use small words. I'm obviously a little brain-difisshigntaskdjf4*$*%(&