what is the different between this in php ?

Question

Hi friends what is the difference between

$totalprice += $product['price'] * $product['count'];

and

$totalprice = $product['price'] * $product['count'];

both give the same result. so what's the use of (+=) ?

Answer 1

+= is a shorthand for adding the result to the target. The first one is equivalent to:

$totalprice = $totalprice + ($product['price'] * $product['count']);

There are also other compound operators -=, *=, /=, etc.

Answer 2

The += takes $totalprice and adds $product['price'] * $product['count'] to it. The = asigns the value of $product['price'] * $product['count'] to $totalprice.

If you are getting the same result, its because $totalprice started off equal to 0.

Answer 3

They only give the same result if $totalprice starts off at 0 or uninitialised

The += syntax is shorthand for the following:

$myvar += a;

is equivalent to

$myvar = $myvar + a;

Answer 4

If $totalprice is zero to start, then they're the same. Otherwise, they're different.

As others have pointed out, $i += $j is shorthand for $i = $i + $j.