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OBJECT ORIENTED
PROGRAMMING (OOP)
Hannah Mae G. Lolong

Davao del Norte State College – Institute of Computing

LESSON 2

PHP OPERATORS

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PHP Operators
PHP language supports following type of operators.

• Arithmetic Operators
• Comparison Operators
• Logical (or Relational) Operators
• Assignment Operators
• Conditional (or Ternary) Operators

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Arithmetic Operators
$A = 10, $B = 20
Operators Description Example
+ Adds two operands echo $A + $B; will give 30
- Subtracts second operand from the first echo $A - $B; will give -10
* Multiply both operands echo $A * $B; will give 200
/ Divide numerator by denominator echo $B / $A; will give 2
% Modulus Operator and remainder of after an
integer division echo $B % $A; will give 0

++ Increment operator, increases integer value by

one echo $A++; will give 11

-- Decrement operator, decreases integer value by

one echo $A--; will give 9

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Comparison Operators
$A = 10, $B = 20

Operators Description Example

== Checks if the value of two operands are equal or
not, if yes then condition becomes true var_dump($A == $B); is not true

!= Checks if the value of two operands are equal or

not, if values are not equal then condition var_dump($A != $B); is true
becomes true.
> Checks if the value of left operand is greater than
the value of right operand, if yes then condition var_dump($A > $B); is not true
become true

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Comparison Operators
$A = 10, $B = 20

Operators Description Example

< Checks if the value of left operand is less than
the value of right operand, if yes then condition var_dump($A < $B); is true
becomes true.
>= Checks if the value of left operand is greater than
or equal to the value of right operand, if yes then var_dump($A >= $B); is not true
condition becomes true.
<= Checks if the value of left operand is less than or
equal to the value of right operand, if yes then var_dump($A <= $B); is true
condition becomes true.

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Logical Operators
$A = 10, $B = 20

Operators Description Example

and Called Logical AND operator. If both the
operands are nonzero then condition becomes var_dump($A and $B); is true
true
or Called Logical AND operator. If any of the two
operands are nonzero then condition becomes var_dump($A or $B); is true
true
&& Called Logical AND operator. If both the
operands are nonzero then condition becomes var_dump($A && $B); is true
true

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Logical Operators
$A = 10, $B = 20

Operators Description Example

II Called Logical OR operator. If both the operands
are nonzero then condition becomes true var_dump($A II $B); is true

! Called Logical NOT operator. Use to reverses the

logical state of its operand. If a condition is a true var_dump(!($A && $B)); is false
then Logical NOT operator will make false.

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Assignment Operators

Operators Description Example

= Simple assignment operator, assigns values from echo $C = $A + $B;
right side operands to left side operand will assign value of A+B into C
+= Add AND assignment operator, it adds right
operand to the left operand and assign the result echo $C += $A;
to left operand. is equivalent to C = C + A

-= Subtract AND assignment operator, it subtracts

right operand from the left operand and assign echo $C -= $A;
the result to left operand. is equivalent to C = C - A

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Assignment Operators

Operators Description Example

*= Multiple AND assignment operator, it multiplies
right operand with the left operand and assign the echo $C *= $A;
result to left operand is equivalent to C = C * A

/= Divide AND assignment operator, it divides left

operand with the right operand and assign the echo $C /= $A;
result to left operand is equivalent to C = C / A

%= Modulus AND assignment operator, it takes

modulus using two operands and assign the echo $C %= $A;
result to left operand is equivalent to C = C % A

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Conditional Operator
Conditional operator evaluates first an expression for a true or
false value and then execute one of the two given statements
depending upon the result of the evaluation.

Operators Description Example

?: Conditional expression If condition is true? Then value X:
Otherwise, value Y

<?php
echo (1>0)? "True":"False"; returned value is True
?>

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Operators Categories
All the operators we have discussed above can be categorized into
following categories:

• Unary prefix operators, which precede a single operand.

• Binary operators, which take two operands and perform a
variety of arithmetic and logical operations.
• The conditional operator (a ternary operator), which takes
three operands and evaluates either the second or third
expression, depending on the evaluation of the first expression.
• Assignment operators, which assign a value to a variable.

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Precedence of PHP Operators
All the operators we have discussed above can be categorized into
following categories:

• Unary prefix operators, which precede a single operand.

• Binary operators, which take two operands and perform a
variety of arithmetic and logical operations.
• The conditional operator (a ternary operator), which takes
three operands and evaluates either the second or third
expression, depending on the evaluation of the first expression.
• Assignment operators, which assign a value to a variable.

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Precedence of PHP Operators
Operator precedence determines the grouping of terms in an
expression. This affects how an expression is evaluated. Certain
operators have higher precedence than others; for example, the
multiplication operator has higher precedence than the addition
operator.

For example, x = 7 + 3 * 2; Here x is assigned 13, not 20 because

operator * has higher precedence than + so it first get multiplied with
3*2 and then adds into 7.

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Precedence of PHP Operators
Highest precedence appear at the top of the table, those with the
lowest appear at the bottom.
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
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