# =& operator in PHP

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/operator-in-php/222136>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [April 11, 2007, 5:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/operator-in-php/222136 "2007-04-11T05:09:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![heyden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@heyden](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/heyden)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 5:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/operator-in-php/222136/1 "2007-04-11T05:09:16Z")

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What exactly does that do? I see it most used with classes and sometimes with DB stuff.