(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
print — Output a string
print ( string $arg ) : int
Outputs arg
.
print
is not actually a real function (it is a language construct) so you are not required to use parentheses with its argument list.
The major differences to echo
are that print
only accepts a single argument and always returns 1.
arg
The input data.
Returns 1
, always.
Example #1 print
examples
<?php print("Hello World"); print "print() also works without parentheses."; print "This spans multiple lines. The newlines will be output as well"; print "This spans\nmultiple lines. The newlines will be\noutput as well."; print "escaping characters is done \"Like this\"."; // You can use variables inside a print statement $foo = "foobar"; $bar = "barbaz"; print "foo is $foo"; // foo is foobar // You can also use arrays $bar = array("value" => "foo"); print "this is {$bar['value']} !"; // this is foo ! // Using single quotes will print the variable name, not the value print 'foo is $foo'; // foo is $foo // If you are not using any other characters, you can just print variables print $foo; // foobar print <<<END This uses the "here document" syntax to output multiple lines with $variable interpolation. Note that the here document terminator must appear on a line with just a semicolon no extra whitespace! END; ?>
Note: Because this is a language construct and not a function, it cannot be called using variable functions.
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