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PHP PHP Basics (Retired) PHP Operators Operators

Srinath Kattula
Srinath Kattula
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Posted by Srinath Kattula
Srinath Kattula
1,574 Points

Operators.

Correct me if I am wrong but this is what I was known earlier. Unary operator means that it has to have one operand . Eg: ++ operator which only requires one operand.

Binary operator has to have 2 operands Eg + , a + b here + has a and b as operands.

This video tells that binary operator is that it has 2 symbols like > = which , to my knowledge, sounded otherwise. Please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks

2 Answers

Layla Cecil
Layla Cecil
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Layla Cecil
Layla Cecil
7,421 Points

This really should be changed. It has everything to do with the amount of operands, nothing to do with how many characters it takes to create the syntax for an operator. How is it that this is still up?

Robert Richey
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Robert Richey
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Robert Richey
Robert Richey
Courses Plus Student 16,352 Points

Hi Srinath,

This has come up before, please see a similar thread on Operators with a good explanation by Stone Preston.

Cheers