php string operators

There are two string operators. The first is the concatenation operator ("."), which returns the concatenated string of its left and right arguments. The second is the concatenation assignment operator (".="), which appends the right argument to the left argument. See Assignment Operators for more information.

<?php
$a = "Hello ";
$b = $a . "World!"; // now $b contains "Hello World!"
$a = "Hello ";
$a .= "World!";     // now $a contains "Hello World!"
?>