difference between echo and print

[aardvark92]

I've been wondering about this for a while. . .

What, practically speaking, is the difference between the print() and echo() constructs? According to php.net, print returns a value (always 1), while echo does not. Also, print outputs a string, while echo outputs one or more strings.

So I guess the following work:

$value = print "string"; // $value = 1
echo "two", " strings";

while these do not:

$value = echo "string";
print "two", " strings";

But the output of multiple strings could be simulated with print by comcatenating them, and the return value could be simulated with echo by assigning $value = 1.

So what I'm trying to get at is, practically speaking, does it make a difference which one is used? Is it more a matter of style? Are there any situations in which print or echo is clearly better than the other?

 

[sleipnir214]

The PHP online manual entry for print() directs one to this article:

http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/1/fid/40

for a discussion of the differences between print() and echo().


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