Pretty printer generates least-parentheses output ----- 0) > (1 < 0); $a ** $b ** $c; ($a ** $b) ** $c; // this will currently unnecessarily print !($a = $b). This is correct as far as operator precedence is concerned, but // the parentheses are not really necessary, because = takes only variables as the left hand side operator. !$a = $b; ----- echo 'abc' . 'cde' . 'fgh'; echo 'abc' . ('cde' . 'fgh'); echo 'abc' . 1 + 2 . 'fgh'; echo 'abc' . (1 + 2) . 'fgh'; echo 1 * 2 + 3 / 4 % 5 . 6; echo 1 * (2 + 3) / (4 % (5 . 6)); $a = $b = $c = $d = $f && true; ($a = $b = $c = $d = $f) && true; $a = $b = $c = $d = $f and true; $a = $b = $c = $d = ($f and true); $a ? $b : $c ? $d : $e ? $f : $g; $a ? $b : ($c ? $d : ($e ? $f : $g)); $a ? $b ? $c : $d : $f; (1 > 0) > (1 < 0); $a ** $b ** $c; ($a ** $b) ** $c; // this will currently unnecessarily print !($a = $b). This is correct as far as operator precedence is concerned, but // the parentheses are not really necessary, because = takes only variables as the left hand side operator. !($a = $b);