$a = 3, $b = 3 echo "\$a and \$b are indeed 3: ".$a.' '.$b."\n"; $a = 5; echo "Should be 5: " . $a++ . "\n"; echo "Should be 6: " . $a . "\n"; echo "Preincrement \n"; $a = 5; echo "Should be 6: " . ++$a . "\n"; echo "Should be 6: " . $a . "\n"; echo "Postdecrement \n"; $a = 5; echo "Should be 5: " . $a-- . "\n"; echo "Should be 4: " . $a . "\n"; echo "Predecrement \n"; $a = 5; echo "Should be 4: " . --$a . "\n"; echo "Should be 4: " . $a . "\n"; $b = 'z'; echo "Should be aa: ".++$b."\n"; ?>