PHP Assignment Operators

Assignment operators are used to assign values to variables. PHP provides shortcuts called compound assignment operators that combine arithmetic operations with assignment, making your code more concise!

Assignment Operators Overview

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Simple Assignment (=)

<?php
$name = "John";
$age = 25;
$price = 19.99;

// Assignment returns the assigned value
$x = $y = $z = 10;  // All three are 10
?>

Addition Assignment (+=)

<?php
$count = 10;
$count += 5;  // Same as: $count = $count + 5
echo $count;  // 15

// Common use: incrementing counters
$total = 0;
$total += 100;
$total += 50;
echo $total;  // 150
?>

String Concatenation Assignment (.=)

<?php
$message = "Hello";
$message .= " World";  // Same as: $message = $message . " World"
echo $message;  // "Hello World"

// Building strings
$html = "<div>";
$html .= "<h1>Title</h1>";
$html .= "<p>Content</p>";
$html .= "</div>";
?>

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What's Next?

Next, we'll explore Comparison Operators - essential for making decisions in your code by comparing values!