PHP Operators PHP

PHP Operators  

PHP Operators

PHP Operators

PHP Operator is a symbol i.e used to perform operations on operands. For example:

  1. $num=10+20;//+ is the operator and 10,20 are operands  

In the above example, + is the binary + operator, 10 and 20 are operands and $num is variable.

PHP Operators can be categorized in following forms:

  • Arithmetic Operators
  • Comparison Operators
  • Bitwise Operators
  • Logical Operators
  • String Operators
  • Incrementing/Decrementing Operators
  • Array Operators
  • Type Operators
  • Execution Operators
  • Error Control Operators
  • Assignment Operators

We can also categorize operators on behalf of operands. They can be categorized in 3 forms:

  • Unary Operators: works on single operands such as ++, -- etc.
  • Binary Operators: works on two operands such as binary +, -, *, / etc.
  • Ternary Operators: works on three operands such as "?:".

PHP Operators Precedence

Let's see the precedence of PHP operators with associativity.

Operators Additional Information Associativity
clone new clone and new non-associative
[ array() left
** arithmetic right
++ -- ~ (int) (float) (string) (array) (object) (bool) @ increment/decrement and types right
instanceof types non-associative
! logical (negation) right
* / % arithmetic left
+ - . arithmetic and string concatenation left
<< >> bitwise (shift) left
< <= > >= comparison non-associative
== != === !== <> comparison non-associative
& bitwise AND left
^ bitwise XOR left
| bitwise OR left
&& logical AND left
|| logical OR left
?: ternary left
= += -= *= **= /= .= %= &= |= ^= <<= >>= => assignment right
and logical left
xor logical left
or logical left
, many uses (comma) left

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