formatting strings (variable+text)

Question

I need to add 2 numbers together.

$num1 = 40;
$num2 = 20;

$num12 = $num1 + ':' + $num2;

For some reason this outputs as 60 and it should be 40:20.

is there some way to format this?

kscherrer · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-14 14:54:53Z

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yes there is. use php concatenation (.) not javascript concatenation (+).

$num12 = $num1 . ':' . $num2;

answered Feb 14, 2017 at 14:54

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Vizz85 · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-14 14:57:56Z

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What you are looking for is string concatenation.

In php you need the .-operator , not the +:

$num12 = $num1 . ':' . $num2;

answered Feb 14, 2017 at 14:57

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