In PHP there are two basic ways to get output: echo and print. <br /> <br />In this tutorial we use echo (and print) in almost every example. So, this chapter contains a little more info about those two output statements. <br /> <br />PHP echo and print Statements <br />echo and print are more or less the same. They are both used to output data to the screen. <br /> <br />The differences are small: echo has no return value while print has a return value of 1 so it can be used in expressions. echo can take multiple parameters (although such usage is rare) while print can take one argument. echo is marginally faster than print. <br /> <br />The PHP echo Statement <br />The echo statement can be used with or without parentheses: echo or echo(). <br /> <br />Display Text <br /> <br />The following example shows how to output text with the echo command (notice that the text can contain HTML markup): <br /> <br />Example <br /> <br />PHP is Fun!"; <br />echo "Hello world!<br>"; <br />echo "I'm about to learn PHP!<br>"; <br />echo "This ", "string ", "was ", "made ", "with multiple parameters."; <br />?> <br /> <br />Run example » <br />Display Variables <br /> <br />The following example shows how to output text and variables with the echo statement: <br /> <br />Example <br /> <br />$txt1"; <br />echo "Study PHP at $txt2<br>"; <br />echo $x + $y; <br />?> <br /> <br />Run example » <br />The PHP print Statement <br />The print statement can be used with or without parentheses: print or print(). <br /> <br />Display Text <br /> <br />The following example shows how to output text with the print command (notice that the text can contain HTML markup): <br /> <br />Example <br /> <br />PHP is Fun!"; <br />print "Hello world!<br>"; <br />print "I'm about to learn PHP!"; <br />?> <br /> <br />Run example » <br />Display Variables <br /> <br />The following example shows how to output text and variables with the print statement: <br /> <br />Example <br /> <br />$txt1"; <br />print "Study PHP at $txt2<br>"; <br />print $x + $y; <br />?>
