N00b question

[david212]

Hello. I have one question. As i know the ++ means increment. ($x=5/$x++/$x=6)

 

But in this code

 

$x = 25;
$y = ($x++);
echo $y; 

 

the value rest at 25, my question is : if $x=25 , so $x++ won't be 26? What happens in this case? Could someone explain please?

 

Thank you

[Alex]

$var++ will return the current value of $var then increment it. Use ++$var, which increments and returns the current value, to get the result you expect.