MAMP - Strange "Hebrew errors" and messages

[ruffy]

I use MAMP on Tiger.

I code in PHP and Mysql and have run into strange syntax obstacles.
But this error message provides for me a clue as to what might be wrong:
The error read:

"Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE, expecting T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/phpQuery_testing/index.php on line 25"

Now, being that I recognize Hebrew, I note that that long underscored word is an English transliteration of :"two colons".

Now how in the world did I get some Hebrew configuration into my MAMP setup of PHP & Mysql? Where can I begin to figure this out so I can go ahead with normal coding?

 

[displaced]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paamayim_Nekudotayim

Looks like it's just how PHP is

edit: or, more precisely, Zend.

 

[morristhebear]

The Paamayim Nekudotayim is the scope resolution operator. Your probably using classes and are trying to access a method or variable. If you're using a class and trying to access a variable or method from within it, try replacing the class name with $this -> instead of CLASS :: .

The best thing to read on this subject is the PHP documentation:

http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/keyword.paamayim-nekudotayim.php