Posted by Malcolm Dew-Jones on 11/27/24 11:28

Pugi! (pugi@group.thnx) wrote:
: Currently I am studying PHP.

: I can understand the following :
: $a = 10;
: $b = $a++;
: print("$a, $b");
: will print 11, 10 on the screen.
: because when $b = $a++ first thing that happens is $b = $a
: and then $a = $a + 1. I am willing to and can accept that.

: But much harder to accept is and I fail to see the logic in it,
: is the following :
: $i = 1;
: print($i++);
: This will print 1 and only afterward will the value of $i be increased
: by 1. It is between (), so logic tells me first $i++ and then print.

: Can anyone help me understand this or see the logic in it ?

The logic in it is simply that the post-increment operator ($variable++)
is supposed to work that way. That's what it is used for, incrementing
the value _after_ you use it.


If you want the variable to be incremented _before_ the value is printed
then you could use the pre-increment operator (++$variable) instead.


$i=10;
print ++$i;

# the above prints 11, just like you wanted.


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