PHP - Operator Types
PHP Operators
What is Operator? Simple answer can be given using expression 4 + 5 is equal to 9. Here 4 and 5 are called operands and + is called operator. PHP language supports following type of operators.
- Arithmetic Operators
- Comparison Operators
- Logical (or Relational) Operators
- Assignment Operators
- Conditional (or ternary) Operators
Arithmetic Operators
Here are following arithmetic operators supported by PHP language. Assume variable A holds 10 and variable B holds 20 then.
| Operator | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| + | Adds two operands | A + B will give 30 |
| - | Subtracts second operand from the first | A + B will give -10 |
| * | Multiply both operands | A + B will give 200 |
| / | Divide numerator by de-numerator | B / A will give 2 |
| % | Modulus Operator and remainder of after an integer division | B %A will give 0 |
| ++ | Increment operator, increases integer value by one | A ++ will give 11 |
| -- | Decrement operator, decreases integer value by one | A-- will give 9 |
Comparison Operators
There are following comparison operators supported by PHP language. Assume variable A holds 10 and variable B holds 20 then.
| Operator | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| == | Checks if the value of two operands are equal or not, if yes then condition becomes true. | (A == B) is not true. |
| != | Checks if the value of two operands are equal or not, if values are not equal then condition becomes true. | (A != B) is true. |
| > | Checks if the value of left operand is greater than the value of right operand, if yes then condition becomes true. | (A > B) is not true. |
| < | Checks if the value of left operand is less than the value of right operand, if yes then condition becomes true. | (A < B) is true. |
| >= | Checks if the value of left operand is greater than or equal to the value of right operand, if yes then condition becomes true. | (A >= B) is not true. |
| <= | Checks if the value of left operand is less than or equal to the value of right operand, if yes then condition becomes true. | (A <= B) is true |
Logical Operators
There are following logical operators supported by PHP language. Assume variable A holds 10 and variable B holds 20 then.
| Operator | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| and | Called Logical AND operator. If both the operands are true then condition becomes true. | (A and B) is true. |
| or | Called Logical OR Operator. If any of the two operands are non zero then condition becomes true. | (A or B) is true. |
| && | Called Logical AND operator. If both the operands are non zero then condition becomes true. | (A && B) is true. |
| || | Called Logical OR Operator. If any of the two operands are non zero then condition becomes true. | (A || B) is true. |
| ! | Called Logical NOT Operator. Use to reverses the logical state of its operand. If a condition is true then Logical NOT operator will make false | (A ! B) is False. |
Assignment Operators
There are following assignment operators supported by PHP language.
| Operator | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| = | Simple assignment operator, Assigns values from right side operands to left side operand. | C = A + B will assign value of A + B into C |
| += | Add AND assignment operator, It adds right operand to the left operand and assign the result to left operand. | C += A is equivalent to C = C + A |
| -= | Subtract AND assignment operator, It subtracts right operand from the left operand and assign the result to left operand. | C -= A is equivalent to C = C - A. |
| *= | Multiply AND assignment operator, It multiplies right operand with the left operand and assign the result to left operand. | C *= A is equivalent to C = C * A. |
| /= | Divide AND assignment operator, It divides left operand with the right operand and assign the result to left operand | (C /= A is equivalent to C = C / A. |
| %= | Modulus AND assignment operator, It takes modulus using two operands and assign the result to left operand | C %= A is equivalent to C = C % A |
Conditional Operator
There is one more operator called conditional operator. This first evaluates an expression for a true or false value and then execute one of the two given statements depending upon the result of the evaluation. The conditional operator has this syntax.
| Operator | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| ? | Conditional Expression. | If Condition is true ? Then value X : Otherwise value Y |
Operators Categories
All the operators we have discussed above can be categorised 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.
