Print and Echo

I've discovered you can print or echo variables with text without having to concatenate if you use the double quotes. Here's an example I found on php.net

Language: PHP
// You can use variables inside of an echo statement
$foo = "foobar";
$bar = "barbaz";
 
echo "foo is $foo"; // foo is foobar
 
// You can also use arrays
$baz = array("value" => "foo");
 
echo "this is {$baz[';value';]} !"; // this is foo !
 
// Using single quotes will print the variable name, not the value
echo ';foo is $foo';; // foo is $foo

Thought that was pretty cool, the code colouring doesn't work in my editor if I include the variable in my quotes but still good to know.
Links: echo, print

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Print and echo will actually work the same in the example I gave but I named the post with the hope someone would bring up the difference between the two. Thanks.

Print returns a value (0 or 1), echo does not.

Echo can take multiple arguments, print can only take a single argument.

Echo is marginally faster than print.

In normal use there is no real practical difference between the two.

Very interesting, thanks for sharing!
So print actually returns a value - now I'm wondering what would be a practical application this

There seems to be some uncertainty whether print returns 1 or 0, or always returns 1, depending on which source you refer to.
In any event, can't see any practical use for it.

http://fabien.potencier.org/article/8/print-vs-echo-which-one-is-faster

Thank you for the link Mac.

I have noticed from video tutorials that many programmers prefer to use echo. But since it doesn't really make such a big difference and you can do more with print, I think for now I will continue using print instead of echo.

Regards
E

On chapter 2 of the notes that we received on a CD they say: "Another way to display things on the page is to use an alternative to print() – echo( )".

I prefer to use echo(); because I think it is cool and I saw most qualified programmers use it instead of print();

Another question that I have is that, in the notes they said when we use print or echo should be followed by () but I realised that most people and in the prescribed book they don't use () though I haven't experienced errors when I use echo with(). What is your advice Prof?

Have a look here -

http://php.net/manual/en/function.echo.php

Yes, as in the link. It is personal preference. Why add tags when you can type less?