Understanding PHP Operators: Assignment, Arithmetic, Modulus, and More

1. PHP Operators Lesson 5

2. Operators 1. = the assignment operator 2. +, -, *, / you can use parenthesis as grouping symbols to makes your formula more readable Ex. $root=(-$b+ (b*b-4*a*c))/2*a; 3. % modulus operator (returns the remainder when 2 numbers are divided) Ex. $remainder=10%3 (will return 1) 4. . (period) concatenator. This can be combined with = sign Ex. $food = $food . “burger”; is the same as $food .=“burger”;

3. 5. @ error control operator. This is used so php wont display output. Use them with caution Ex. @quotient = 10/0; This is the error but since there is a @ prefixed in the variable name, therefore the error wont be displayed. Makes findings errors a difficult process. 6. Increment (++) and decrement (--) operators. This is placed either before or after a variable. 7. Prefixing ++$a will increment the value then return the value (which is now incremented) --$a will decrement the value then return the value (which is now decremented)

4. 8. Postfixing Sa++ will return the value first then increment the value $a– will return the value first then decrement the value 9. Comparison Operators: ==, !=, <, <=, >, >= - returns a Boolean value - i.e. returns either true or false - or returns either 1 or 0 - often used as conditions in conditional statements such as IF-THEN-ELSE, or looping statements 10. Logical operators: and, &&, or, ||, xor, !

5. Activity <?php //save as prefixandpostfix.php $a = 5; $b = 10; print ++$a; print “<br>”; print $a; print “<br>”; print $b++; print “<br>”; print $b; ?>