Operator Types

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 Operator Types

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Arithmetic Operators Comparison Operators Logical (or Relational) Operators

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Assignment Operators Conditional (or ternary) Operators String Operators

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 Arithmetic Operators

Operator Name Syntax Operation

+ Addition $x + $y Sum of $x and $y

- Subtraction $x - $y Difference of $x and $y

* Multiplication $x * $y Product of $x and $y

/ Division $x / $y Quotient of $x and $y

** Exponentiation $x ** $y Result of raising $x to the $y'th power

% Modulus $x % $y Remainder of $x divided by $y

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 Comparison Operators

Operator Name Example Result

== Equal $x == $y Returns true if $x is equal to $y

=== Identical $x === $y Returns true if $x is equal to $y, and they are of the same type

!= Not equal $x != $y Returns true if $x is not equal to $y

<> Not equal $x <> $y Returns true if $x is not equal to $y

!== Not identical $x !== $y Returns true if $x is not equal to $y, or they are not of the same type

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 Comparison Operators

Operator Name Example Result

> Greater than $x > $y Returns true if $x is greater than $y

< Less than $x < $y Returns true if $x is less than $y

Greater than
>= $x >= $y Returns true if $x is greater than or equal to $y
or equal to

Less than or
<= $x <= $y Returns true if $x is less than or equal to $y
equal to

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 Logical Operators

Operator Name Example Result

and And $x and $y True if both $x and $y are true

or Or $x or $y True if either $x or $y is true

xor Xor $x xor $y True if either $x or $y is true, but not both

&& And $x && $y True if both $x and $y are true

|| Or $x || $y True if either $x or $y is true

! Not !$x True if $x is not true

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 Assignment Operators

Operator Name Example Result

Operand on the left obtains the value of the
= Assign $x = $y
operand on right

+= Add then Assign $x += $y Simple Addition same as $x = $x + $y

-= Subtract then Assign $x -= $y Simple subtraction same as $x = $x – $y

*= Multiply then Assign $x *= $y Simple product same as $x = $x * $y

Divide then Assign

/= $x /= $y Simple division same as $x = $x / $y
(quotient)
Divide then Assign
%= %= Simple division same as $x = $x % $y
(remainder)

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 Conditional or Ternary Operator

These operators are used to

Operator Name Result compare two values and take either
of the result simultaneously,
If condition is true ? then $x : or depending on whether the outcome
else $y. This means that if is TRUE or FALSE. These are also
?: Ternary condition is true then left result of used as shorthand notation for
the colon is accepted otherwise if…else statement that we will read
the result on right. in the article on decision making.
Syntax:
$var = (condition)? value1 : value2;

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 String Operators

Operator Name Example Result

. Concatenation $txt1 . $txt2 Concatenation of $txt1 and $txt2

Concatenation
.= $txt1 .= $txt2 Appends $txt2 to $txt1
assignment

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