Are there pointers in php?

Question

What does this code mean? Is this how you declare a pointer in php?

$this->entryId = $entryId;

Answer 1

To answer the second part of your question - there are no pointers in PHP.

When working with objects, you generally pass by reference rather than by value - so in some ways this operates like a pointer, but is generally completely transparent.

This does depend on the version of PHP you are using.