PHP Operators

arithmetic

bitwise

$a << $b

Bitshift left

Shift the bits of the first operand to the left by the number of positions specified in the second operand.

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$a <<= $b$a >> $b 
// Binary representation of 5: 00000101
$a = 5; 

// Binary result: 00010100
$a << 2;

null coalescing

comparison

logical

strings

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