The type of variable is auto-defined by assigning a value to it? because in java, we have to declare the type of variable before assigning value

Answer 1

PHP is Loosely typed - it will implicitly change the type of a variable as needed, depending on the operation performed on its value - as opposed to stongly typed languages (C or Java) where variables can only contain one type of data throughout their existance.

Answer 2

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