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>&#13;    PHP supports C-style pre- and post-increment and decrement
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>Table 11-5. Increment/decrement Operators</B
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>$a++</TD
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echo "&#60;h3&#62;Postincrement&#60;/h3&#62;";
$a = 5;
echo "Should be 5: " . $a++ . "&#60;br /&#62;\n";
echo "Should be 6: " . $a . "&#60;br /&#62;\n";

echo "&#60;h3&#62;Preincrement&#60;/h3&#62;";
$a = 5;
echo "Should be 6: " . ++$a . "&#60;br /&#62;\n";
echo "Should be 6: " . $a . "&#60;br /&#62;\n";

echo "&#60;h3&#62;Postdecrement&#60;/h3&#62;";
$a = 5;
echo "Should be 5: " . $a-- . "&#60;br /&#62;\n";
echo "Should be 4: " . $a . "&#60;br /&#62;\n";

echo "&#60;h3&#62;Predecrement&#60;/h3&#62;";
$a = 5;
echo "Should be 4: " . --$a . "&#60;br /&#62;\n";
echo "Should be 4: " . $a . "&#60;br /&#62;\n";
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