Note that the ; is redundant; as the answers suggest this short-tag expands to an echo with a semicolon added to the end, as per the php documents.

Jun 23, 2009 · I have seen uses of @ in front of certain functions, like the following: $fileHandle = @fopen($fileName, $writeAttributes); What is the use of this symbol?

Arrays in PHP are associative arrays (otherwise known as dictionaries or hashes) by default. If you don't explicitly assign a key to a value, the interpreter will silently do that for you.

May 21, 2015 · PHP 7 introduced the Spaceship (<=>) operator. What is it and how does it work?

What is the .= (dot equals) operator in PHP? [duplicate] Asked 16 years, 2 months ago Modified 2 years, 11 months ago Viewed 2k times

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Jun 5, 2013 · ${ } (dollar sign curly bracket) is known as Simple syntax. It provides a way to embed a variable, an array value, or an object property in a string with a minimum of effort. If a …

Dec 19, 2009 · What does the percent sign mean in PHP? Asked 15 years, 10 months ago Modified 6 years ago Viewed 76k times

Jul 8, 2015 · Add C:\xampp\php to your PATH environment variable. (My Computer->properties -> Advanced system setting-> Environment Variables->path (click on edit)) Then close your …

Dec 10, 2015 · Since php 7.0, the null coalescing operator is a more straightforward alternative to silencing warnings in that case. The ?? operator was designed (among other things) for that …