{"id":9814,"date":"2020-01-31T12:42:35","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T12:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=9814"},"modified":"2022-05-08T12:07:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T12:07:21","slug":"difference-between-echo-print-and-print_r-in-php","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/difference-between-echo-print-and-print_r-in-php\/","title":{"rendered":"What is difference between echo, print, and print_r in PHP with example?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Echo Statement:-<\/strong><br> The echo statement is used to output in display with or without parenthesis echo or echo() but no return value. Echo Statement faster than print Statement.<br> ex:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/echo-statement.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9815\" width=\"593\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/echo-statement.png 753w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/echo-statement-300x69.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Print Statement:-<br><\/strong>Print Statement is used as Echo Statement but the print statement has a return value of 1. Print Statement not as fast as the Echo Statement.<br> ex:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"830\" height=\"181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/print-statement.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/print-statement.png 830w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/print-statement-300x65.png 300w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/print-statement-768x167.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Print_r function in PHP:-<\/strong><br> Print_r function is used to display or print information, which is readable by humans.<br> ex:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"658\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/print_r-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/print_r-1.png 658w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/print_r-1-300x142.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"epyt-gallery\" data-currpage=\"1\" id=\"epyt_gallery_42866\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_17178\"  width=\"760\" height=\"427\"  data-origwidth=\"760\" data-origheight=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  data-epytgalleryid=\"epyt_gallery_42866\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><div class=\"epyt-gallery-list\"><div>Sorry, there was a YouTube error.<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Echo Statement:- The echo statement is used to output in display with or without parenthesis echo or echo() but no return value. 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