How does this arithmetic expression works?

Question

$x = 5 /* + 15 */ + 7;
echo $x;

The output of this code is 12. Can anybody explain me how this works?

Oh comment... Didn't realise that... Thanks for pointing out — Ranjoy Konsam, Oct 22 '17 at 09:29

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 22 '17 at 09:30

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The middle part is a comment, so everything between /* and */ will be ignored. So 5+7=12 which is correct :)

answered Oct 22 '17 at 09:30

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