note 74554 added to language.operators.assignment

imho there's something really missing here. why should it be possible to append values to a string, but not prepend it? <?php $foo = 'hello'; $foo .= ' world'; // Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '.' .... $bar = 'world'; $bar =. 'hello '; ?> ---- Server IP: 194.109.193.76 Probable Submitter: 62.41.116.226 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.assignment.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/74554 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74554/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74554/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74554/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74554/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74554/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74554/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74554 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/74554 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php