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Asked: May 20, 20262026-05-20T19:17:53+00:00 2026-05-20T19:17:53+00:00

Possible Duplicates: Reference – What does this symbol mean in PHP? What is the

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Reference – What does this symbol mean in PHP?
What is the difference between the | and || operators?

Just bumped into this line of code, and I was wondering what is the difference between these two case:

The person who did this do not remember what was the meaning, but it was important.

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if ($condition1 | $condition2) {
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if ($condition1 || $condition2) {
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    2026-05-20T19:17:54+00:00Added an answer on May 20, 2026 at 7:17 pm

    | is a bitwise or, || is a logical or. | operates on binary values whereas || operates on boolean ones.

    E.g. 5 | 3 is 0101 OR 0011 which is 0111 which is 7, whereas True || False is True and False || False is False.

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