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    PHP String Operators: Manipulating Strings in PHP

    PHP String Operators: Manipulating Strings in PHP

    PHP has two operators that are specially designed for strings.

    Operator Name Example Result
    . Concatenation $txt1 . $txt2 Concatenation of $txt1 and $txt2
    .= Concatenation assignment $txt1 .= $txt2 Appends $txt2 to $txt1

    Example: . Concatenation

    Code:

    
    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <body>
    
    <?php
    $txt1 = "Happy";
    $txt2 = " Coding!";
    echo $txt1 . $txt2;
    ?>  
    
    </body>
    </html>
    
    

    Output:

    The above code will produce the following result-

    
    Happy Coding!
    

    Example: .= Concatenation assignment

    Code:

    
    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <body>
    
    <?php
    $txt1 = "Happy";
    $txt2 = " coding!!";
    $txt1 .= $txt2;
    echo $txt1;
    ?>  
    
    </body>
    </html>
    
    

    Output:

    The above code will produce the following result-

    
    Happy coding!!