Can anyone tell what does ** exponentiation operator do in php ?
Examples will be more useful.
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check this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21803213/is-new-power-operator-instead-of-power-in-php – Chaitanya Ghule Aug 26 '17 at 11:27
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1https://wiki.php.net/rfc/pow-operator view this – Andrew Aug 26 '17 at 11:28
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Write some code using this operator, it will become clear what it does. – u_mulder Aug 26 '17 at 11:32
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It is exponentiation operator.
Functionality :
It gives Result of raising one variable to the other varibale's power So if we want nth power of any number for that this operator is used
Example :
$x = 5;
$y = 3;
$z = $x ** $y; //<----- raising 3 power of 5 i.e we can say 5 raise to 3 in simple language . $x = base and $y= It is `exponentiation` operator.
echo $z; //results 125
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