PHP Echo/Print

Echo and print are both used to print the output data on the screen. The print statement is used as an alternative to echo many times.

PHP Echo/Print Statement

This article will help you to understand how to use echo and print statements in PHP to display the output in a web browser. In PHP, two different statements are available to view the output to the browser.

1. Echo Statement
2. Print Statement

Read Also: PHP Variables

PHP Echo Statement

We can use echo statement to output one or more strings. Using the echo statement, we can display anything to the browser like strings, numbers, variable values etc. A semicolon (;) identifies the end of the echo statement. The echo is not a function; it is a language construct so we can use it without parentheses.

Syntax

echo "errorsea is the best platform to learn PHP effortlessly";
or
echo("errorsea is the best platform to learn PHP effortlessly");

If we want to pass the more than one parameter to echo, the parameters must not enclose within parentheses.

Example 1

This example shows us how to show a string or text with the echo statement.

<?php

 echo “Hello Suman!”;

?>

Output

Hello Suman!

Example 2

This example shows us how to exhibit the HTML Code with the echo statement.

<?php

echo “<h1>My name is Suman</h1>”;

echo “<p>How are You?</p>”;

?>

Output

My name is Suman

How are You?

Example 3

This example shows us how to exhibit the variable with the echo statement.

<?php

$txt = “Hello Suman”;

$num = “ 12345“;

$colors = array (“Red”,”Green”,”Black”);

echo $txt;

echo “<br>”;

echo $num;

echo “<br>”;

echo $colors[0];

?>

Output

Hello Suman

12345

Red

Example 4

This example shows us how to exhibit escaping characters with the echo statement.

<?php

Echo “Hello escape \” Sequence\” Characters”;

?>

Output

Hello Escape “Sequence” Characters

PHP Print Statement

The PHP print statement is similar to the echo statement and uses as an alternative to echo sometimes to display output to the browser. Like the echo, the print is also a language construct in PHP, not a function. So we can also use it without parentheses.

Syntax

print "errorsea is the best platform to learn PHP effortlessly";
or 
print("errorsea is the best platform to learn PHP effortlessly");

Example 1 

This example shows us how to exhibit a string of text with the print statement.

<?php
 print “Hello Suman!”;

?>

Output

Hello Suman!

Example 2

This example shows us how to exhibit the HTML Code with the print statement.

<?php

print “<h1>My name is Suman</h1>”;

print “<p>How are You?</p>”;

?>

Output

My name is Suman

How are You?

Example 3

This example shows us how to exhibit the variable with the echo statement.

<?php

$txt = “Hello Suman”;

$num = “ 12345“;

$colors = array (“Red”,”Green”,”Black”);

print $txt;

print “<br>”;

print $num;

print “<br>”;

print $colors[0];

?>

Output

Hello Suman

12345

Red

Read More: PHP Data Types

Difference Between Print and Echo Statements in PHP

echo	print
We can pass multiple strings separated by comma ‘,’ to the echo statement.	We can not pass multiple strings to the echo statement.
The echo does not return any value.	The print always returns 1.
The echo is faster than the print statement.	The print is slower compared to the echo statement.

Conclusion

I hope you have a complete idea of echo/print statements and how to use them to display the output on a web browser.