echo and print

PHP echo and print both are used to display the output in PHP. Both can be used with or without parenthese. The differences are small

• echo has no return value while print has a return value of 1, so it can ve used in expressions.
• echo can take multiple paramentrs whereas print can take only one argument.
• echo is marginally faster than print.

<?php

$name="John";

// without parenthese
echo $name;
print $name;

//with parenthese       
echo ($name);
print ($name);

?>

echo has no return value while print has a return value of 1, so it can ve used in expressions.

<?php

$name="John";

$check =  echo $name;
echo $check; // throw a error message of Parse/syntax error

$check =  print $name;

//To test it returns or not
echo $check; //Output will be John

?>

echo can take multiple paramentrs whereas print can take only one argument.

<?php

$name = "John";
$profile = "PHP Developer";
$age = 25;

echo $name , $profile , $age, " years old";  //Output will be John PHP Developer 25 years old

print $name , $profile , $age, " years old"; // throw a error message (Parse error : syntax error)

?>