PHP Operators

arithmetic

bitwise

$a ^= $b

Binary xor assignment

Apply a binary "xor" operation and assign the first variable to the result.

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$a ^ $b$a &= $b$a |= $b 
// Binary representation: 1100
$a = 12; 

// Binary representation: 1010
$b = 10; 

// Binary representation 0110:
// 1 XOR 1 = 0
// 1 XOR 0 = 1
// 0 XOR 1 = 1
// 0 XOR 0 = 0
$a ^= $b;

null coalescing

comparison

logical

strings

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