<?php
$x = 4;
// this line might result in unexpected output:
echo "x minus one equals " . $x-1 . ", or so I hope\n";
// because it is evaluated like this line:
echo (("x minus one equals " . $x) - 1) . ", or so I hope\n";
// the desired precendence can be enforced by using parentheses:
echo "x minus one equals " . ($x-1) . ", or so I hope\n";
x minus one equals 3, or so I hope
Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Unsupported operand types: string - int in /in/hQhOu:6
Stack trace:
#0 {main}
thrown in /in/hQhOu on line 6
Process exited with code 255.
Output for 8.3.5
Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'sodium.so' (tried: /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so (libsodium.so.23: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so (/usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0
x minus one equals 3, or so I hope
Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Unsupported operand types: string - int in /in/hQhOu:6
Stack trace:
#0 {main}
thrown in /in/hQhOu on line 6
Process exited with code 255.
Output for 7.4.0 - 7.4.33
Deprecated: The behavior of unparenthesized expressions containing both '.' and '+'/'-' will change in PHP 8: '+'/'-' will take a higher precedence in /in/hQhOu on line 4
Warning: A non-numeric value encountered in /in/hQhOu on line 4
-1, or so I hope
Warning: A non-numeric value encountered in /in/hQhOu on line 6
-1, or so I hope
x minus one equals 3, or so I hope
Warning: A non-numeric value encountered in /in/hQhOu on line 4
-1, or so I hope
Warning: A non-numeric value encountered in /in/hQhOu on line 6
-1, or so I hope
x minus one equals 3, or so I hope
Output for 7.0.0 - 7.0.31
-1, or so I hope
-1, or so I hope
x minus one equals 3, or so I hope