What are some common pitfalls beginners face when trying to understand PHP operators?

One common pitfall beginners face when trying to understand PHP operators is not properly understanding operator precedence, leading to unexpected results in their code. To solve this issue, beginners should familiarize themselves with the operator precedence table in the PHP documentation and use parentheses to explicitly specify the order of operations in their expressions.

// Incorrect usage of operator precedence
$result = 10 + 5 * 2; // Expected result: 20, Actual result: 15

// Correct usage of parentheses to specify order of operations
$result = (10 + 5) * 2; // Result: 30