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title: PHP 5 echo and print Statements
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---
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In PHP there are two basic ways to get output: echo and print.
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In this tutorial we use echo (and print) in almost every example. So, this chapter contains a little more info about those two output statements.
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### PHP echo and print Statements
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echo and print are more or less the same. They are both used to output data to the screen.
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The differences are small: echo has no return value while print has a return value of 1 so it can be used in expressions. echo can take multiple parameters (although such usage is rare) while print can take one argument. echo is marginally faster than print.
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### The PHP echo Statement
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The echo statement can be used with or without parentheses: echo or echo().
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#### Display Text
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The following example shows how to output text with the echo command (notice that the text can contain HTML markup):
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#### Example
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```php
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<?php
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echo "<h2>PHP is Fun!</h2>";
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echo "Hello world!<br>";
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echo "I'm about to learn PHP!<br>";
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echo "This ", "string ", "was ", "made ", "with multiple parameters.";
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?>
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```
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#### Display Variables
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The following example shows how to output text and variables with the echo statement:
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#### Example
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```php
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<?php
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$txt1 = "Learn PHP";
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$txt2 = "W3Schools.com";
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$x = 5;
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$y = 4;
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echo "<h2>" . $txt1 . "</h2>";
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echo "Study PHP at " . $txt2 . "<br>";
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echo $x + $y;
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?>
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```
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### The PHP print Statement
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The print statement can be used with or without parentheses: print or print().
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#### Display Text
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The following example shows how to output text with the print command (notice that the text can contain HTML markup):
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#### Example
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```php
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<?php
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print "<h2>PHP is Fun!</h2>";
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print "Hello world!<br>";
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print "I'm about to learn PHP!";
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?>
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```
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#### Display Variables
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The following example shows how to output text and variables with the print statement:
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#### Example
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```php
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<?php
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$txt1 = "Learn PHP";
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$txt2 = "W3Schools.com";
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$x = 5;
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$y = 4;
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print "<h2>" . $txt1 . "</h2>";
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print "Study PHP at " . $txt2 . "<br>";
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print $x + $y;
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?>
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```
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