meaning of specified parts of this code

[davjoh123]

if ($result) {
$rs->datums = mysql_fetch_array ($result, MYSQL_ASSOC);

What does -do after the recordset variable $rs?

Is datums a field name or something else?

I have a text by Larry Ullman and have searched the web for these 2
answers with no result.

[klenwell]

The -indicates that the variable in question is an object with
datums representing a property of the object. In this case, that
property will be an array, since that is what mysql_fetch_array (when
successful). See following pages for more info:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop.php
http://www.php.net/manual/en/functio...etch-array.php

Tom
da*******@yahoo.com wrote:

if ($result) {
$rs->datums = mysql_fetch_array ($result, MYSQL_ASSOC);

What does -do after the recordset variable $rs?

Is datums a field name or something else?

I have a text by Larry Ullman and have searched the web for these 2
answers with no result.

[Toby A Inkster]

klenwell wrote:

The -indicates that the variable in question is an object with
datums representing a property of the object.

And "datums" is an anglicised plural of "datum" which is a Latin word
meaning "something that has been given". The normal Latin plural of "datum"
is more familiar: "data".

Because of its Latin root, the pedantic will insist that the word "data"
in English ought to be treated as a plural. That is, not "The data shows
us that blah...", but rather "the data show us that blah...". Many
pragmatists however argue that "data" has become a (singular) collective
noun in English (much like "flock" or "bunch") and should take the
singular form.

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