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Assignment (Delphi and PHP Cross Reference Guide)

By Mike Prestwood

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

Operators

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

Assignment

[Other Languages]

Languages Focus

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: :=

Delphi uses := for it's assignment operator.

Syntax Example:

var

  FullName: String;

  Age: Integer;

begin

  FullName := "Randy Spitz";
  Age := 38;

end

PHP: =

PHP uses = for it's assignment operator.

Syntax Example:

$fullname = "Randy Spitz";

$age = 38;