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What is the difference between .= and = ? What is .= used for?
Example:
<?php
$file = fopen('WERK-tabelle.csv', 'r') or die('error');
$yml = '';
$keys = [
blabla, code, php
];
while (($values = fgetcsv($file, 0, ';')) !== FALSE) {
$yml .= "<br>";
$arr = array_combine($keys, $values);
foreach ($arr as $key => $value) {
$yml .= "<br>{$key}{$value}
";
}
}
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.= is simply used to add something to the end of a string, without overwriting it.
Example 1 (without .=):
$myvar = "Hello";
$myvar = "Peter";
echo $myvar; //Will output "Peter"
Example 2 (With .=):
$myvar = "Hello";
$myvar .= "Peter";
echo $myvar; //Will output "HelloPeter" (concatenated string)