In PHP, echo and print is used to get output data to the screen but there is some difference, between echo and print.
PHP echo
PHP echo is used to display the output data.It can be used with parentheses or without parentheses.
We can pass multiple stringsseparated by
(,) comma operator.
It does not return any value.
Example 1
<?php
$nm="Rasmus Lerdorf";
echo $nm; // display data without parentheses.
echo ($nm); //display data using parentheses
?>
Output
RasmusLerdorfRasmusLerdorf
Example 2 (pass multiple argument)
<?php
$fnm="Rasmus";
$lnm="Lerdorf";
echo $fnm.$lnm;
?>
Output
RasmusLerdorf
PHP print
PHP print is also used to display the output. We cannot pass multiple arguments in print.
It does return value 1.
Example1
<?php
$nm="Rasmus Lerdorf";
print $nm; // display data without parentheses.
print ($nm); //display data using parentheses
?>
Output
RasmusLerdorf
Example2
<?php
$nm="RasmusLerdor";
$ret=print $nm;
echo ($ret);
?>
Output
Rasmus Lerdor1
Followingare the difference between Echo andprint.
| PHP Echo |
PHP Print |
| Echo has no return value. |
Print has a return value 1. |
| We can use multiple parameters in echo. |
We can only use one argument. |
| Echo is faster than print. |
It is slow. |
