Re: code quest - ECHO?!?

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They are almost identical.
Echo supports multiple parameters like "echo $a, $b;"
print is 20% slower than echo (by some tests).
"echo" is shorter than "print" so it's easy to write.
In fact it's all a matter of taste. The same reason we user die instead of
exit.

Alex



On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Kirk Bailey <kbailey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Groovy; they appear to be identical in all but name. IDENTICAL. Or am I
> missing a subtle definition difference?
>
>
>
> David Robley wrote:
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>> Kirk Bailey wrote:
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>>> Ok, so what is echo, and how is it different from print.
>>>
>>> The code in code quest used echo. I have a copy of learning php 5.0 from
>>> O'Reilly, and noplace does it mention echo. Why? What's the difference?
>>> IS there a difference? Is there an advantage to either? Please clarify
>>> for this newbie.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> The documentation says it all better than I can:
>>
>> http://php.net/manual/en/function.echo.php
>> http://php.net/manual/en/function.print.php
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>
> --
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>
> Very Truly yours,
>                - Kirk Bailey,
>                  Largo Florida
>
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