What does $this actually mean> Codeigniter

Question

Silly question I know,

From all the tutorials they do not explain why they use $this.

Is $this like an object from a base class in Codeigniter?

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Answer 1

It is the way to reference an instance of a class from within itself, the same as many other object oriented languages. From the PHP docs: The pseudo-variable $this is available when a method is called from within an object context. ... $this is mainly used to refer properties of a class