What does the variable $this mean in PHP?

Question

I see the variable $this in PHP all the time and I have no idea what it\'s used for. I\'ve never personally used it.

Can someone tell me how the variab

Answer 1

Lets see what happens if we won't use $this and try to have instance variables and constructor arguments with the same name with the following code snippet

name;

?>

It echos nothing but

name = $name; // Using 'this' to access the student's name
    }
};

$tom = new Student('Tom');
echo $tom->name;

?>

this echoes 'Tom'