title: What does this mean in PHP: -> or =>
body: <blockquote>
  <p><strong>Possible duplicate:</strong><br />
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3037526/where-we-use-object-operator-in-php">where we use object operator “-&gt;” in php</a><br />
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3737139/reference-what-does-this-symbol-mean-in-php">Reference - What does this symbol mean in PHP?</a></p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I see these in PHP all the time but I don't have a clue as to what they actually mean. What does <code>-&gt;</code> do and what does <code>=&gt;</code> do. And I'm not talking about the operators. They're something else, but nobody seems to know...</p>