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adam mashburn
193 Points$this inside method
does $this refer to the entire class and not just the method that its being used in?
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Stone Preston
42,016 Points$this refers to the instance of the class. so using $this->name allows you to access the value of the name property for an instance of that class.
adam mashburn
193 Pointsthank you! its all coming together.. slowly. I wish the series was a little more explanatory about why you code things a certain way and more relevant use cases