# Quik PHP question

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**Created:** [May 24, 2004, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quik-php-question/52495 "2004-05-24T17:29:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![iloveitaly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7ea924/32.png) [@iloveitaly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iloveitaly)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quik-php-question/52495/1 "2004-05-24T17:29:49Z")

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Hey guys,  
while trying to learn PHP i’ve come across “-\>”  
its used like this  
$varibal-\>something()  
I have never seen that used in javascript, or actionscript. so naturally i have no idea what it does. I think it might mean “use something() on the designated varibal”.  
2nd thing is, in a array i have seen scripts that do something like this:  
array(1 =\> ‘January’, ‘February’, ‘March’);  
I was like, huh? there using the =\> to make an array? What is that doing in the array? if you could clear this up for me that would be great! :be: