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I got this piece of code which I'm analysing and it have this condition
if(($hint&self::HINT_WRITE && $hint&self::HINT_NOWRITE) || ($hint&self::HINT_READ && $hint&self::HINT_NOREAD))
{
some code ..
}
Any Idea what '&' in '$variable&self::CONSTANT' means?
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