[SOLVED] Echo...?

[TheFilmGod]

What's the difference between "echo + variable after" and just putting down a variable? For instance, when making Html links, do you use echo php variable or just the php variable. So when do you use echo and not?

[ShogunWarrior]

Well echo is a PHP statement to output whatever you want.

I'm not sure what you mean by "just the php variable", you probably mean the short syntax:

<div><?=$variable?></div>

The previous code shows how the short tags can be used to output whatever is in them.

 

You can use echo in other situations where you are doing more complicated output:

<div>
  <?php
     foreach( $users as $user )
     {
          echo $user . '<br />';
     }
  ?>
</div>

 

For instance.

[Lumio]

If you only want to write something, it's easier to use <?= $var ?>

But if you want to write something out of a large php-block it's better to use echo... or... you can only use echo in php-blocks