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What is the difference between echo and print in PHP?

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    What is the difference between echo and print in PHP?

    I am learning PHP at the moment and I have a question about printing outputs using PHP. I know the both “echo” and “print” displays an output.
    For example:

    echo “Hello World”;

    print “Hello World”;


    gives the same output.

    My question is what is the difference between the two? When do you use echo and print?

    My other question is how do I add a space between different text outputs? For example, the above code when put next to each other outputs “Hello WorldHello World”. How can I add a space between World and Hello?


    Thanks you very much!

    MasterA

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    robertman11

    robertman11

    Not much, they are essentially the same thing. Here are the key (minor) differences:
    1. Print returns a value. The return value is always "1". This means it can be used in expressions. Example:
      $myReturn = print "hello";

      $myReturn will equal 1.
    2. Echo is faster. Not much, but it is since it doesn't return a value.
    3. Echo can take more than one parameter.
    4. Echo supports short syntax:
      <?=$somevariable?>
    8 years ago

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    itommy

    itommy

    According to me, it is the same but echo is more popular and almost of time I used this commend in PHP file. I think they are only having a different thing is echo has no return value while print has a return value of 1.
    7 years ago

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