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Assignment (Delphi Prism and PHP Cross Reference Guide)

By Mike Prestwood

Delphi Prism versus PHP: A side by side comparison between Delphi Prism and PHP.

Operators

A language symbol used for assignment, comparison, computational, or as a logical.

Assignment

[Other Languages]

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Common assignment operators for languages include =, ==, and :=. An assignment operator allows you to assign a value to a variable. The value can be a literal value like "Mike" or 42 or the value stored in another variable or returned by a function.

Delphi Prism: :=

Same as Delphi.

Syntax Example:

FullName: String;

Age: Integer;

FullName := "Randy Spitz";
Age := 38;

PHP: =

PHP uses = for it's assignment operator.

Syntax Example:

$fullname = "Randy Spitz";

$age = 38;