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The variable is the basic building block of any programming language.
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In PHP, all variables start with a dollar sign.
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```php
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<?php
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$greeting;
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```
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To set data in a variable, you put an equals sign after it and some data.
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```php
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$greeting = 'Hello World!';
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```
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Once you create a variable, you can use it again in other commands and functions.
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```php
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echo $greeting;
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```
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After the dollar sign, a PHP variable must have an alphabetic character or underscore. Also, variables are case sensitive.
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```php
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$_var = 'I am a variable with an underscore!';
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$Var = 'I am a variable with a capital letter!';
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$var = 'I am a new variable';
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```
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Variables can hold many different types of data, but there are four simple ones you can try now.
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An int is a number without a decimal place.
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A float is a number with a decimal place.
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A boolean can be two values: true or false.
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Last, there is a string: a collection of characters.
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```php
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$int = 1;
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$float = 100.10;
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$bool = true;
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$string = 'I am a string';
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```
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In other programming languages, you have to write what type of data the variable will contain.
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PHP keeps it simple by allowing you to put any type of data in a variable, including already used variables.
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```php
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$number = 1;
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$number = 'one';
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```
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