PHP - Append String

In this PHP tutorial, you shall learn how to append a string to the given string using String Concatenation Assignment Operator, with example programs.

PHP Append String

To append string to another, in PHP, use string concatenation assignment operator. The concatenation assignment operator which is .= appends the given string with a string.

To mention the operators separately, . is concatenation operator and = is assignment operator. .= appends the left operand with the right side operand and assigns the result to the left operand.

The syntax to append string $string1 with the string $string2 is

$string1 .= $string2

Examples

1 Append string banana to the string apple

In the following program, we have defined two strings, namely $string1 and $string2. We will use string concatenation assignment operator and append $string2 to $string1.

PHP Program

<?php
$string1 = "apple";
$string2 = "banana";
$string1 .= $string2;
echo $string1;
?>

Output

Conclusion

In this PHP Tutorial, we learned how to append a string to given string, using example PHP program.