"echo" or "print" ?

[web_master]

Can tell me someone is some big different between "echo" and "print". What You prefer to use?

 

 

Thanx,

 

w_m

[LemonInflux]

you know, I've often wondered this. I don't do much complex stuff, but normally I use echo outside big codes, and print in. E.G., if I wanted a '____ is complete!', I'd use print, but if I just wanted an if _ = _, I'd use echo. But meh, not sure.

[pl_harish]

For a short discussion about the differences between print() and echo(), see this FAQTs Knowledge Base Article: http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/1/fid/40

 

I prefer to use echo and its different forms.. like

 

<?= "print this" ?> short tag outputs

 

   echo <<<END

print whatever is here.. just like it is.

This is for some reason refered to as "here document" syntax.

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<<<END

 

and the usual ones.

 

echo "hello";

 

echo ("hello");

 

I use print.. only as print_r() for printing arrays during debugging.

This function print_r() is very helpful for printing arrays in a structured manner.

 

For example:

 

$testArray = array("hello", "world");

print_r($testArray);

 

//outputs

array()

{

   [0] = hello

 

   [1] = world

}