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— Decrementing Operator

The What

Syntax

Pre-decrement

mixed --$variable

Post-decrement

mixed $variable--

Decrementing Operator in PHP Manual

Description

The Decrementing Operator's role is to get one line out of a resource from the file pointer.

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