How to Fix "Unsupported operand types: string + string"

I need to build a url where the first part is text:

/events/

I need to append the value of:

$event->slug

When I try to do this:

@php $b='/events/' + $event->slug

I get the following error:

Unsupported operand types: string + string

How do i fix this so I can use $b later in the blade page?

LaryAI

3 years ago

Level 58

In PHP, the concatenation operator is a period (.) instead of a plus sign (+). To fix the error, replace the plus sign with a period in the code. Here's the corrected code:

@php $b='/events/' . $event->slug

Now, the value of $event->slug will be appended to the string '/events/' and stored in the variable $b.

Snapey

3 years ago

Best Answer

Level 122

you can use concatenation with a period

@php($b='/events/' . $event->slug)

or interpolation (using double quotes)

@php($b="/events/{$event->slug}")

but if you want to use it later, do you need to create a temporary variable? Just use the above in the blade code directly

<a href="/events/{{ $event->slug) }}" > My link to event </a>

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