Comments on: PHP Echo Vs Print

By: ajay

ajay — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:20:39 +0000

Using “echo” you can print multiple values but the same is not possible with “Print”.

By: Anil Tiwari

Anil Tiwari — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:10:03 +0000

Right Print function is much better and faster from echo…:)

By: PHP_Noob

PHP_Noob — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:40:43 +0000

@already_loving_php

That’s because concatenation is wrong. Echo uses commas and print uses a period.

Example:

$name = "PHP_Noob";
$Name = "already_loving_php";

print "Your name is not $Name";
echo "” , “Your name is ${name} ” , “and not ${Name}”;
print “”.”Hello http://www.LEARNPHPONLINE.com!”.”I just began learning PHP.”;
?>

Both practically does the same thing.

By: Brian Temecula

Brian Temecula — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:11:17 +0000

There is one case where echo cannot do what print can:

$Lord = ‘Jesus’;
isset( $Lord ) and print $Lord;

By: kanna

kanna — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 02:56:00 +0000

this is because print returns a int value and echo returns no value / a void value.

otherwise there is no difference between print and echo. if your splitting hairs considering scipt parsing speed then you should stick to echo.

By: steve

steve — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:55:43 +0000

The main differences between the two is that ECHO is a construct, as such it cannot be used in an expression whereas print can.

Also, you cannot use echo if your executing your php script via CLI.

By: activeseven

activeseven — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 20:41:49 +0000

The main differences between the two is that ECHO is a construct, as such it cannot be used in an expression whereas print can.

Also, you cannot use echo if your executing your php script via CLI.

By: chirag nandaniya

chirag nandaniya — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 08:45:47 +0000

echo vs print.

echo does not return a value but print return 1.

try these statements separately and see the difference.

print (echo “Hello World”);

echo (print “Hello World”);

By: Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 06:55:49 +0000

echo and print have difference.

echo does not return a value but print return 1.

try these statements separately and see the difference.

print (echo “Hello World”);

echo (print “Hello World”);

By: Gaje

Gaje — Sat, 14 May 2011 17:01:11 +0000

@bunny -

using echo will write the output to the screen, you wouldn’t use it to generate javascript code, unless you want to write script to the screen for some reason. If that’s the case, make sure you put it in tags.

And why would you want to assign that php variable into your javascript? You’re better off just plugging that variable directly into your html form field: