PHP Echo

PHP echo is a language construct not a function, so you don’t need to use parenthesis with it. But if you want to use more than one parameters, it is required to use parenthesis.
The syntax of PHP echo is given below:

void echo ( string $arg1[, string $… ] )

PHP echo statement can be used to print string, multi line strings, escaping characters, variable, array etc.

Printing string

<?php 
echo "Hello World !! "; 
?>

//Output: Hello World !!

Printing multi line string

<?php 
echo "
PHP 
echo 
Multiline Test.
";
?>

//Output: PHP echo Multiline Test.

Printing escaping characters

<?php 
echo "Hello \" World \" ";
?>

//Output: Hello " World "

Printing variable value

<?php
$msg = "Hello Sam";
echo " Message is :$msg ";
?>

//Output: Message is: Hello Sam

PHP Print

PHP print is a language construct, so you don’t need to use parenthesis with the argument list. Unlike echo, it always returns 1.
The syntax of PHP print is given below:

int print(string $arg)

PHP print statement can be used to print string, multi line strings, escaping characters, variable, array etc.

Printing string

<?php 
print "Hello World !!"; 
print ("Hello World !!"); 
?>

//Output: Hello World !! Hello World !!

Printing multi line string

<?php 

print "Hello 
World 
Multi 
line 
Test 
Statement
"; ?>

//Output:Hello World Multi line Test Statement

Printing escaping characters

<?php 
print "Hello World \"escaping\" characters Statement"; 
?>

//Output:Hello World "escaping" characters Statement

Printing variable value

<?php 
$msg="Hello World print() in PHP"; 
print "Test Variable : $msg"; 
?>

//Output: Test Variable : Hello World print() in PHP
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