PHP Variables

Posted: January 29, 2009

Variables? Like algebra?
Yep. Like algebra.

Just like in algebra, variables in PHP will substitute for a value. But a variable in programming is different from in math, because a variable doesn’t just stand for numbers. You can use a variable to stand for just about everything from numbers, to characters of the alphabet, strings of text, entire sets of different values, even other variables!
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