How to display data with echo and print statements

The echo statement

Examples

      echo 'Welcome to PHP and MySQL!';
      echo 'Name: ' . $name; 
      echo('Name: ' . $name); 
      echo 'Cost: $', $cost;
      echo("Cost: $cost");
      

The print statement

Examples

      print 'Welcome to PHP and MySQL!'; 
      print 'Name: ' . $name; 
      print('Name: ' . $name);
      print("Name: $name");
      

Using print in an expression

      <?php
      ($age >= 18) ? print('Can vote.') : print('Cannot vote.');
      ?>
      

• The echo and print statements send strings to the web page. Non-string values are converted to strings before they are sent to the web page.
• The echo statement can accept one or more string values, but the print statement can only accept one value.
• The parentheses are optional. However, if you are providing multiple values to the echo statement, you must omit the parentheses.
• The echo statement doesn’t return a value and cannot be used as part of an expression. However, the print statement returns a value of 1 so it can be used as part of an expression.
• The echo and print statements aren’t functions. They are part of the PHP language definition.

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