List of all PHP Operators

An operator is something that takes one or more values (or expressions, in programming jargon) and yields another value (so that the construction itself becomes an expression). Operators can be assembled by the quantity of qualities they take. Unary Operators take just a single esteem, for instance ! (the legitimate not Operators) or ++ (the augmentation Operators).

Binary Operators take two esteems, for example, the commonplace arithmetical Operators + (in addition to) and – (minus), and the greater part of PHP Operators fall into this class. At long last, there is a solitary ternary Operators, ? :, which takes three esteems; this is generally alluded to just as “the ternary administrator” (in spite of the fact that it could maybe more appropriately be known as the contingent Operators).

Below list will help php programming using Operators

PHP Operators – Manual: Table of Contents

• PHP Arithmetic Operators
• PHP Assignment Operators
• PHP Bitwise Operators
• PHP Comparison Operators
• PHP Incrementing/Decrementing Operators
• PHP Logical Operators
• PHP String Operators
• PHP Array Operators

PHP Arithmetic Operators

Demo

<?php

echo (5 % 3)."\n";           // prints 2
echo (5 % -3)."\n";          // prints 2
echo (-5 % 3)."\n";          // prints -2
echo (-5 % -3)."\n";         // prints -2

?>

PHP Assignment Operators

Demo

<?php
$x = 10;  
echo $x;
// Output 10

$x = 20;  
$x += 100;
echo $x;
// Output 120

$x = 50;
$x -= 30;
echo $x;
// Output 20

$x = 10;  
$y = 6;
echo $x * $y;
// Output 60

$x = 10;
$x /= 5;
echo $x;
// Output 2

$x = 15;
$x %= 4;
echo $x;
// Output 3
?>

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PHP Bitwise Operators

PHP Comparison Operators

PHP Increment/decrement Operators

Demo

<?php
echo "<h3>Postincrement</h3>";
$a = 5;
echo "Should be 5: " . $a++ . "<br />\n";
echo "Should be 6: " . $a . "<br />\n";

echo "<h3>Preincrement</h3>";
$a = 5;
echo "Should be 6: " . ++$a . "<br />\n";
echo "Should be 6: " . $a . "<br />\n";

echo "<h3>Postdecrement</h3>";
$a = 5;
echo "Should be 5: " . $a-- . "<br />\n";
echo "Should be 4: " . $a . "<br />\n";

echo "<h3>Predecrement</h3>";
$a = 5;
echo "Should be 4: " . --$a . "<br />\n";
echo "Should be 4: " . $a . "<br />\n";
?>

PHP Logical Operators

Demo Code

<?php

// --------------------
// foo() will never get called as those operators are short-circuit

$a = (false && foo());
$b = (true  || foo());
$c = (false and foo());
$d = (true  or  foo());

// --------------------
// "||" has a greater precedence than "or"

// The result of the expression (false || true) is assigned to $e
// Acts like: ($e = (false || true))
$e = false || true;

// The constant false is assigned to $f before the "or" operation occurs
// Acts like: (($f = false) or true)
$f = false or true;

var_dump($e, $f);

// --------------------
// "&&" has a greater precedence than "and"

// The result of the expression (true && false) is assigned to $g
// Acts like: ($g = (true && false))
$g = true && false;

// The constant true is assigned to $h before the "and" operation occurs
// Acts like: (($h = true) and false)
$h = true and false;

var_dump($g, $h);
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

bool(true)
bool(false)
bool(false)
bool(true)

PHP String Operators

There are two string operators. The first is the concatenation operator (‘.’), which returns the concatenation of its right and left arguments. The second is the concatenating assignment operator (‘.=’), which appends the argument on the right side to the argument on the left side. Please read Assignment Operators for more information.

<?php
$a = "Hello ";
$b = $a . "World!"; // now $b contains "Hello World!"

$a = "Hello ";
$a .= "World!";     // now $a contains "Hello World!"
?>

PHP Array Operators

The + operator returns the right-hand array appended to the left-hand array; for keys that exist in both arrays, the elements from the left-hand array will be used, and the matching elements from the right-hand array will be ignored.

<?php
$a = array("a" => "apple", "b" => "banana");
$b = array("a" => "pear", "b" => "strawberry", "c" => "cherry");

$c = $a + $b; // Union of $a and $b
echo "Union of \$a and \$b: \n";
var_dump($c);

$c = $b + $a; // Union of $b and $a
echo "Union of \$b and \$a: \n";
var_dump($c);

$a += $b; // Union of $a += $b is $a and $b
echo "Union of \$a += \$b: \n";
var_dump($a);
?>

When executed, this script will print the following:

Union of $a and $b:
array(3) {
  ["a"]=>
  string(5) "apple"
  ["b"]=>
  string(6) "banana"
  ["c"]=>
  string(6) "cherry"
}
Union of $b and $a:
array(3) {
  ["a"]=>
  string(4) "pear"
  ["b"]=>
  string(10) "strawberry"
  ["c"]=>
  string(6) "cherry"
}
Union of $a += $b:
array(3) {
  'a' =>
  string(5) "apple"
  'b' =>
  string(6) "banana"
  'c' =>
  string(6) "cherry"
}