interpolation: $result = "$hello $world"; concatenation: $result = $hello.' '.$world; reverse-concat: $result = $hello.(' '.$world); interp-concat: $result = "$hello ".$world; concat-interp: $result = $hello." $world"; sprintf: $result = sprintf("%s %s", $hello, $world); join: $result = join(' ', $hello, $world); super-join: $result = join('', $hello, ' ', $world);