PHP Basic -> Operators

Following are the different type of operators in PHP.

1.    Operator Precedence
2.     Arithmetic Operators
3.     Assignment Operators
4.     Bitwise Operators
5.     Comparison Operators
6.     Error Control Operators
7.     Execution Operators
8.     Incrementing/Decrementing Operators
9.     Logical Operators
10.     String Operators
11.     Array Operators
12.     Type Operators

Operator Precedence: When we use multiple operator in one statement, operator run according to the priority. Following are the table of operator precedence which we must keep in mind while doing any calculation in PHP OR running multiple operator in one statement. we can also change the operator priority by using the bracket "()".

Operator Precedence

Associativity	Operators	Additional Information
non-associative	clone new	clone and new
left	[	array()
right	++ -- ~ (int) (float) (string) (array) (object) (bool) @	types and increment/decrement
non-associative	instanceof	types
right	!	logical operator
left	* / %	arithmetic operator
left	+ - .	arithmetic and string
left	<< >>	bitwise operator
non-associative	< <= > >=	comparison operator
non-associative	== != === !== <>	comparison operator
left	&	bitwise and references operator
left	^	bitwise operator
left	|	bitwise operator
left	&&	logical operator
left	||	logical operator
left	? :	ternary operator
right	= += -= *= /= .= %= &= |= ^= <<= >>= =>	assignment operator
left	and	logical operator
left	xor	logical operator
left	or	logical operator
left	,	many uses

Arithmetic Operators:These are those operator which we mostly use in calculation like plus, minus, divide, multiple, concat and change operator, modulus (+,-,/, x, .,-,%). In PHP to multiple two number  or more number we use "*"  instead of "x";

Operators	Name of operators	Detail	Example	Output
a + b	Addition	Sum of a and b	2 + 2	4
a - b	Subtraction	Difference of a and b	5 - 2	3
a * b	Multiply	Product of a and b	5 * 2	10
a / b	Divide	Quotient of a and b	15 / 5	3
a % b	Modulus	Remainder of a divided by b	5 % 2 10 % 8 10 % 2	1 2 0
- a	Oppisite	Opposite of a	- 2
a . b	Concatenation	Concatenate two strings	"php" . "certification"	php certification

Assignment Operators: Assignment operator are used to assign the values to a variable.for example $a=10; Here 10 are assign to  a variable (i.e $a). In Following example, Example1 and Example2 works same as the doing method is different.

Example1	Example2	Operator
x = y	x = y	The left operand gets set to the value of the expression on the right
x += y	x = x + y	Addition
x -= y	x = x - y	Subtraction
x *= y	x = x * y	Multiplication
x /= y	x = x / y	Division
x %= y	x = x % y	Modulus
a .= b	a = a . b	Concatenate two strings

Bitwise Operators:Bitwise operator are used to do the manipulate the according to their operators. Bitwise operator work on number.

Example	Name	Result
$a & $b	And	Bits that are set in both $a and $b are set.
$a | $b	Or (inclusive or)	Bits that are set in either $a or $b are set.
$a ^ $b	Xor (exclusive or)	Bits that are set in $a or $b but not both are set.
~ $a	Not	Bits that are set in $a are not set, and vice versa.
$a << $b	Shift left	Shift the bits of $a $b steps to the left (each step means "multiply by two")
$a >> $b	Shift right	Shift the bits of $a $b steps to the right (each step means "divide by two")

Comparison Operators: Comparison Operator are used to compare two variable having some values. when we are comparing two values they mostly return true or false. For Example 10<15 will return true as 10 is less then 15. Following table describe more.

Operator	Name of Operator	Example
a == b	Equal	5==8 returns false
a === b	Identical	5==="5" returns false
a != b	Not equal	5!=8 returns true
a<>b	Not equal	5<>8 returns true
a !== b	Not identical	5!=="5" returns true
a>b	Greater than	5>8 returns false
a<b	Less than	5<8 returns true
a>= b	Greater than OR equal to	5>=8 returns false
a<= b	Less than OR equal to	5<=8 returns true

Error Control Operators: "@" is known as error control. As if we use this operator then error will not be generator for that statement. See is example below.

$a=10;
echo @$aa;

when we run able code, we are expecting the "$aa" should be generate error, but is not because we have use @ operator in front of $aa.

Increment / Decrement Operator: When we use this operator, variable value is increased in increment and value is decreased in

Operator	Name	Description
++$a	Pre-increment	Increments$a by one, then returns $a
$a++	Post-increment	Returns $a, then increments $a by one
--$a	Pre-decrement	Decrements$a by one, then returns $a
$a--	Post-decrement	Returns $a, then decrements $a by one
$a+=2	Post-increment	Returns $a, then incremet $a by two
$a+=3	Post-increment	Returns $a, then increment $a by three
$a-=2	Post-decrement	Returns $a, then decrements $a by two

Logical Operator: Logical Operator are used to compare the two string/number.

Example	Name	Result
$a and $b	And	TRUE if both $a and $b are TRUE.
$a or $b	Or	TRUE if either $a or $b is TRUE.
$a xor $b	Xor	TRUE if either $a or $b is TRUE, but not both.
! $a	Not	TRUE if $a is not TRUE.
$a && $b	And	TRUE if both $a and $b are TRUE.
$a || $b	Or	TRUE if either $a or $b is TRUE.

String Operators: The operator which work on only on string. For Example "." and ".=" is known as string operator. 1st used to concat two or more strings. 2nd is work same but return the values.
for more detail read above.

Array Operators: The Operator which work for array known as array operator. Array operator are very useful while you are developing any website. Most of developer are unware of this. instead of using these function they created a function which work like this.
Means If you know about these operator, it will save your time and also minimize the code.

Example	Name	Result
$a + $b	Union	Union of $a and $b.
$a == $b	Equality	TRUE if $a and $b have the same key/value pairs.
$a === $b	Identity	TRUE if $a and $b have the same key/value pairs in the same order and of the same types.
$a != $b	Inequality	TRUE if $a is not equal to $b.
$a <> $b	Inequality	TRUE if $a is not equal to $b.
$a !== $b	Non-identity	TRUE if $a is not identical to $b.

Type Operator: "instanceOf" is type of operator which is used to check whether object is belong to that class or not. See below example.
"var_dump" return output alongwith their data type.

/** create TestClass **/
class TestClass{
function name(){
  return 'Im Good';
}             
}
/** create TestClass **/
$a = new TestClass;
     
/** create TestClass1 **/     
class TestClass1
{
}
/** create TestClass1 **/
var_dump($a instanceof TestClass);
var_dump($a instanceof TestClass1);

Execution Operator: "`" is known as execution operator. Backticks(``) is a operator which is used to execute the code.


Following things keep in mind regarding this topic(Minimum)

• What are different types of operator
• Operator Precedence and their associations. 
• Difference between bitwise operator, logical operator and arithmetic operators.
• How backets changes the precedence of operators