I am glad you guys transformed a conversation that started with code babes PHP into something constructive! I learned a lot. T. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 29, 2014, at 11:09 AM, Shawn McKenzie <shawn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Also, they cannot be called using variable functions. Notice however that > though echo doesn't return a value, print does. > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 7:46 AM, Kumar Saurabh Sinha < > sinha.ksaurabh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Difference between Language Construct & Functions: >> >> *Language Constructs* >> Constructs are elements that are built-into the language and, therefore, >> follow special >> rules. Perhaps the most common of them is the echo statement, which allows >> you to write data to the script’s output: >> >> echo 10; // will output 10 >> >> It’s important to understand that echo is not a function and, as such, it >> does not have >> a return value. If you need to output data through a function, you can use >> print() >> instead: >> >> echo 10;print (10); >> >> Another very important construct is die(), which is itself an alias of >> exit(). It allows >> you to terminate the script’s output and either output a string or return a >> numeric >> status to the process that called the script. >> >> Thanks & Regards >> >> *Kumar Saurabh Sinha* >> +91-9971047719 | +91-8595436700 >> >> >> >>> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 6:03 PM, Tedd Sperling <tedd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> On Apr 28, 2014, at 3:32 PM, Robert Cummings <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>>> On 14-04-28 03:30 PM, Robert Cummings wrote: >>>>> They should push the use of echo over print since it's a language >>>>> construct and not a function thus it benefits from no function >> overhead. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Rob. >>>> >>>> I'd like to retract this comment :) Apparent print is not a function. >>> Didn't it used to be? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Rob. >>>> -- >>> >>> Nope, you can't retract it. :-) >>> >>> As for "print" being a function or construct, I dunno -- what's the >>> difference? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> tedd >>> >>> >>> _______________ >>> tedd sperling >>> tedd@xxxxxxxxxxxx >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
