Operator Type of operator (arithmetic, Operation of operator (give an

comparison, logical) example)

= comparison Variable assignment
$a = 1, $b = 2, $c = 3 (used for
other examples)
<> comparison Not Equal
If $a <> $b;
Echo “not equal”;
Else;
Echo “equal”;
== comparison Equal
If $b == 2;
Echo “equal”;
Else;
Echo “not equal”;

<= comparison Less than or equal to

$a<=$a
$a<= $b
All are equal to true
And logical True if both statements are
true
($a > 0 && $b < 10) = false
* arithmetic Multiply
$b*$c = 6
|| logical True if one of the statements
are true
($a > 0 && $b < 10) = true
> comparison Greater than
$a>0 = True
$a> $Wb = False
&& logical True if both statements are
true
($a > 0 && $b < 10) = false
! logical True if the statement is not
true
!($a > 5) is true
/ arithmetic Division
$c/$b = 1.5
Or logical True if one of the statements
are true
($a > 0 && $b < 10) = true
!= comparison Returns true if
$a is not equal to $a
$a != $b = true
1b

The operators that are the same are:

Or and ||, And and ||, <> and !=
Part 2
Task a

Description Data type Justification Variable name

Store a person’s name String This is only letters so a $name
string would be the
easiest way to store it
Store an interest rate Float An interest rate $intrestRate
normally has decimal
places, which floats
are good at dealing
with.
Store a person’s last String This is only letters so a $lastName
name string would be the
easiest way to store it
Store an Australian String This would be stored $postcode
postcode as a string as it is not
going to be modified
through math and
only compared
Store some Australian String This would be stored $worldPostcode
and international post as a string as it is not
codes going to be modified
through math and
only compared
Store someone’s String This would be stored $birthday
birthdate as a string as it is not
going to be modified
through math and
only compared
Store if a light is on or Boolen There are two options $lightSwitch
off for this data, true or
false (on or off)
Part 3
task a

Part b