print – PHP String Functions

Syntax :

Description :

The print() function outputs one or more strings.

It 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.

Parameter :

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Name, Required /Optional, Value Type, Description
strings , Required, String , It is the string for which is to be parsed.
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Output :

print() always Returns 1.

Related articles  : echo(), printf(), flush(), sprintf(), fprintf(), number_format().

print() – PHP Functions Example 1 : Write some text to output.

<?php
print "Hi to all!"; // with parantheses
print "\n";
print ("Hi to all!");  // without parantheses
print "\n";
// multiple lines text

print "This text spans
in multiple lines. This text 
spans in multiple lines.";
print "\n";
//using new line character

print "This text \nspans in multiple lines. This text spans in \nmultiple lines.
This spans\nmultiple lines. The newlines will be\noutput as well.";
print "\n";
//using escaping character
print "\n";
print "escaping characters is done \"Like this\".";
?>

See below is the output of above code in Web browser.

print() – PHP Functions Example 2 :  You can use variables inside a print statement

<?php
$strName = "Name";
$strValue = "Test";
print "$strName is $strValue";
?>

See below is the output of above code in Web browser.

<?php
$age=array("Arnav"=>"6");
print "Arnav is " . $age['Arnav'] . " years old.";
?>

print() – PHP Functions Example 4 : Single quotes will print the variable name, not the value

<?php
$strName = "Arnav";
print 'Name is $strName';   
?>

See below is the output of above code in Web browser.

print() – PHP Functions Example 5 : Double quotes will print the  value

<?php
$strName = "Arnav";
print "Name is $strName"; 

// If you are not using any other characters, you can just print variables 
print "\n"; 
print $strName; 
?>

See below is the output of above code in Web browser.