$count = $count + 1;

However, there is another way for doing this.

$counter += 1;

This combined assignment/arithmetic operator would accomplish the same task as the above code.

Although this combined operator shortens the code but sometimes for those who are not accustomed to such programming constructs, this may create confusion and may make the code unreadable.0

Operator	Description	Example	Expanded Form
+=	Plus Equals	$x += 2;	$x = $x + 2;
-=	Minus Equals	$x -= 4;	$x = $x – 4;
*=	Multiply Equals	$x *= 3;	$x = $x * 3;
/=	Divide Equals	$x /= 2;	$x = $x / 2;
%=	Modulo Equals	$x %= 5;	$x = $x % 5;
.=	Concatenate Equals	$my_str.=”PHP”;	$my_str = $my_str .”PHP”;

All the operators are categorized under the following:

• Assignment Operators
• Arithmetic Operators
• Comparison Operators
• String Operators

This section lists the different operators available in PHP.

Assignment Operators

Assignment operators assign a value to a variable, or the value of a variable to another variable.

Now both $my_var and $another_var contain the value 4.

Assignments can also be used in conjunction with arithmetic operators, which we will be studying later in this tutorial.

Arithmetic Operators

Operator	Description	Example
+	Addition	2 + 4
-	Subtraction	6-2
*	Multiplication	5*3
/	Division	15/3
%	Modulus	43%10

Comparison Operators

Comparison Operators are used to compare the values of two operators. These operators are used inside conditional statements and evaluate to either true or false. PHP provides all the comparison operators that are provided by other programming language.
Assume: $x = 4 and $y = 5;

Operator	Description	Example	Result
==	Equal To	$x == $y	false
!=	Not Equal To	$x != $y	true
<	Less Than	$x < $y	true
>	Greater Than	$x > $y	false
<=	Less Than or Equal To	$x <= $y	true
>=	Greater Than or Equal To	$x >= $y	false

String Operators

As we have learned before the dot operator is used to concatenate or join two strings.