PHP Operators

PHP Operator is a symbol i.e used to perform operations on operands. For example:

In the above example, + is the binary + operator, 10 and 20 are operands and $num is variable.

PHP Operators can be categorized in following forms:

• Arithmetic Operators
• Comparison Operators
• Bitwise Operators
• Logical Operators
• String Operators
• Incrementing/Decrementing Operators
• Array Operators
• Type Operators
• Execution Operators
• Error Control Operators
• Assignment Operators

We can also categorize operators on behalf of operands. They can be categorized in 3 forms:

• Unary Operators: works on single operands such as ++, -- etc.
• Binary Operators: works on two operands such as binary +, -, *, / etc.
• Ternary Operators: works on three operands such as "?:".

PHP Operators Precedence

Let's see the precedence of PHP operators with associativity.