RE: [PHP] overriding string concatenation '.'

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> No they are not. Show some examples.

What am I missing here? How is the dot operator not considered
concatenation?

$concatenatedString = 'a'.'concatenated'.'string';
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$ipaddr = "192.34.123.122";

.. is not a concatenator, it is part of the string.

$myFileName = "barkLikeAdog.txt";

.. is not a concatenator, it is part of the string.