What is the difference between self and $this in php?

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What is the difference between $this and self? When should we use each of them?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 13 '15 at 11:45

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$this refers to the current instance. self refers to the current class.

In other words, you can use $this->someMember to refer to an instance member and self::$someStaticMember to refer to a static member.

answered Jun 13 '15 at 11:45

Mureinik

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 13 '15 at 11:45

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$this points to current object where as self:: points to current class.

answered Jun 13 '15 at 11:45

Sagar

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