PHP Division (/)

In this tutorial, you shall learn about Arithmetic Division Operator in PHP, its syntax, and how to use this operator in PHP programs, with examples.

PHP Division

PHP Arithmetic Division Operator takes two numbers as operands and returns the quotient of the division of first operand by second operand.

Symbol

/ symbol is used for Division Operator.

Syntax

The syntax for division operator is

operand_1 / operand_2

The operands could be of any numeric datatype, integer or float.

If the two operands are of different datatypes, implicit datatype promotion takes place and value of lower datatype is promoted to higher datatype.

Examples

1. Division of Integers

In the following example, we take integer values in $x and $y, and find the result of division $x / $y.

PHP Program

<?php
  $x = 25;
  $y = 4;

  $output = $x / $y;

  echo "x = $x" . "<br>";
  echo "y = $y" . "<br>";
  echo "x / y = $output";
?>

Output