PHP Print
Like PHP echo, PHP print is a language construct, so you don't need to use parenthesis with the argument list. Print statement can be used with or without parentheses: print and print(). Unlike echo, it always returns 1.
The syntax of PHP print is given below:
int print(string $arg)
PHP print statement can be used to print the string, multi-line strings, escaping characters, variable, array, etc. Some important points that you must know about the echo statement are:
- print is a statement, used as an alternative to echo at many times to display the output.
- print can be used with or without parentheses.
- print always returns an integer value, which is 1.
- Using print, we cannot pass multiple arguments.
- print is slower than the echo statement.
PHP print: printing string
File: print1.php
<?php
print "Hello by PHP print ";
print ("Hello by PHP print()");
?>
print "Hello by PHP print ";
print ("Hello by PHP print()");
?>
Output:
Hello by PHP print Hello by PHP print()
PHP print: printing multi line string
File: print2.php
<?php
print "Hello by PHP print
this is multi line
text printed by
PHP print statement
";
?>
print "Hello by PHP print
this is multi line
text printed by
PHP print statement
";
?>
Output:
Hello by PHP print this is multi line text printed by PHP print statement
PHP print: printing escaping characters
File: print3.php
<?php
print "Hello escape \"sequence\" characters by PHP print";
?>
print "Hello escape \"sequence\" characters by PHP print";
?>
Output:
Hello escape "sequence" characters by PHP print
PHP print: printing variable value
File: print4.php
<?php
$msg="Hello print() in PHP";
print "Message is: $msg";
?>
$msg="Hello print() in PHP";
print "Message is: $msg";
?>
Output:
Message is: Hello print() in PHP
