Ngokungeziwe kuzici ezintsha njengokuthayipha kohlobo lwezinhlobo zedatha ye-scalar noma ukusebenza okuhle , i-PHP 7 nayo iletha izandiso zolimi eziningi ezintsha, eziwusizo nayo. I- "Spaceship Operator" ekugcineni isingenise emhlabeni we-PHP (abenzi bohlelo bakaRuby noPerl bayazi isikhathi eside). \($a <=> $b\) ibuyisa \(0\) uma futhi kuphela uma womabili ama-opharetha elingana, \(1\) uma elakwesobunxele likhulu futhi \(-1\) ngenye indlela.
Ngokunjalo, lo opharetha omusha uhambelana nomsebenzi wesiginali \(sgn(xy)\) owaziwa ngezibalo. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ama-opharetha akhona wokuqhathanisa nawo angahunyushwa kusetshenziswa i-syntax entsha:
| \($a < $b\) | \(($a <=> $b) === -1\) |
| \($a <= $b\) | \(($a <=> $b)\) !\(== 1\) |
| \($a == $b\) | \(($a <=> $b) === 0\) |
| \($a\) !\(= $b\) | \(($a <=> $b)\) !\(== 0\) |
| \($a >= $b\) | \(($a <=> $b)\) !\(== -1\) |
| \($a > $b\) | \(($a <=> $b) === 1\) |
Imithetho efanayo iyasebenza ngokuqondene nabaqhubi bokuqhathanisa (isibonelo \([1,2,3] <=>[1,2,1]\) kulingana \(1\) ).