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		tredre3 on Sept 9, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PHP is the new JavaScript? Bit worrying that the first code example given in the blog isn't valid PHP. Strings are concatenated with the . operator, not +. https://3v4l.org/v9tFN Or in older PHP versions it would output a number (because it would cast the strings to 0).

pavel_lishin on Sept 9, 2024 | [–]

But that's an example of something crappy someone would throw together in 1998 and FTP up to their provider of choice.

davekiss on Sept 9, 2024 | [–]

Shows how long it has been since I've written PHP

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