What is echo in PHP
This statement is used to output the data to the screen or printing text on screen.
The echo statement can output one or more strings. In general terms, the echo statement can display anything that can be displayed to the browser, such as string, numbers, variables values, the results of expressions, etc.
Since echo is a language construct not actually a function (like if a statement), you can use it without parentheses e.g. echo or echo(). However, if you want to pass more than one parameter to echo, the parameters must not be enclosed within parentheses.
Example:
The output of the above PHP code will look something like this: Devopsschool!
echo with HTML
The following example will show you how to display HTML code using the echo statement:
Example:
The output of the above PHP code will look something like this:
This is a simple heading.
This is heading with style.
Display Variables
The following example will show you how to display variable using the echo statement:
Example:
The output of the above PHP code will look something like this:
Hello Dharmu!
150696
Red
What is print in PHP
You can also use the print statement (an alternative to echo) to display output to the browser. Like echo the print is also a language construct not a real function. So you can also use it without parentheses like: print or print().
Both echo and print statement works exactly the same way except that the print statement can only output one string, and always returns 1. That’s why the echo statement considered marginally faster than the print statement since it doesn’t return any value.
print with HTML
The following example will show you how to display HTML code using the print statement:
The output of the above PHP code will look something like this:
This is a simple heading.
This is heading with style.
Display Variables
The following example will show you how to display variable using the print statement:
Example:
The output of the above PHP code will look something like this:
Hello Dharmu!
123456789
Red
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