# What is " =& "

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is/302053>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [December 21, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is/302053 "2009-12-21T02:12:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![IQAndreas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f08c70/32.png) [@IQAndreas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/IQAndreas)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is/302053/1 "2009-12-21T02:12:43Z")

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Probably a simple question. Normally, I would Google it, but if I only knew the name for this character.

What does it signify in PHP? It seems to be used by Joomla quite a bit.