What is the meaning of "$cm->course" in moodle?

Question

I am new at PHP and currently now i am working on moodle LMS tool.

I am referring view.php of scorm package and dont know why $cm->course this is used in php.

Please help.

Thanks in Advance

referencing course property of cm object. – Dhaval Chheda Dec 21 '16 at 07:38 — Dhaval Chheda, Dec 21 '16 at 07:38

SergkeiM · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-21T07:51:06.313

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Have a look here "->" means accessing the $cm object property course

edited Dec 21 '16 at 07:51

answered Dec 21 '16 at 07:39

SergkeiM

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 21 '16 at 07:40

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$cm is an object, and course is a variable. Here you can see brief of PHP syntax with objects: http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.object.php

answered Dec 21 '16 at 07:40

Daimos

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 21 '16 at 07:42

PHP has two Object Operator namely -> and ::

-> is used when you are trying to call a method on an Instance and / or access an Instance property.

:: is used when you want to call a static method or call a parent class's version of a method within a child class.

Reference: https://www.codeproject.com/questions/196270/what-is-meant-by-symbol-in-php

Note: I googled your exact question and got this result!

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 21 '16 at 07:43

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It is "object operator" - T_OBJECT_OPERATOR. It is used to access properties and methods of class on an object.

answered Dec 21 '16 at 07:43

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What is the meaning of "$cm->course" in moodle?

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