[SOLVED] Quick help with if statement operator?

[dmccabe]

In an if statement what does -> mean?

 

e.g:

 

if($post->post_parent)

[cooldude832]

its usually used in OOP to designate something inside an object

this case you are saying

 

$post->post_parent  which is saying you have some "object" and you want to use the value of that object's post_parent to determine if an if statement should execute.

 

Not very good method odds are u wrote something wrong

[dmccabe]

Thanks am trying to make something work on Wordpress so it is in their sidebar code, but asking on the Wordpress forums is like holding a party in a ghost town