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PHP Operators

PHP Operators are used to perform operations on variables and values. Operators are the symbols that tells the PHP processor to perform certain action. PHP divides the operators in the following categories:

S.No Operator Category Operator Symbols Operator Name
Arithmetic Operators +
-
*
/
%
**
Addition
Subtraction
Multiplication
Division
Modulas
Exponentiation
Assignment operators =
+=
-=
*=
/=
Assignment Operator
Addition Assignment
Subtraction Assignment
Multiplication Assignment
Divide Assignment
Relational/Comparison operators >
<
>=
<=
!=, <>
==
===
Greater than
Less than
Greater than equals to
Less than equals to
Not equals to
Equal, Equals to
Strictly equal
Logical operators && , and
|| , or
! , not
xor
And
Or
Not
Exclusive Or
Increment/Decrement operators $a++
++$a
$a--
--$a
Post Increment
Pre Increment
Post Decrement
Pre Decrement
String operators .
.=
Concatenation
Concatenation assignment
Conditional Operator ? : Ternary Operator

Precedence of PHP Operators

Category Operator Associativity
Unary ! ++ -- Right to left
Multiplicative * / % Left to right
Additive + - Left to right
Relational < <= > >= Left to right
Equality == != Left to right
Logical AND && Left to right
Logical OR || Left to right
Conditional ? : Right to left
Assignment = , += , -= , *= , /= , %= Right to left

Exercise Questions: Arithmetic Operators