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PHP echo() Function

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Example

Write some text to the output:

<?php
echo "Hello world!";
?>
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Definition and Usage

The echo() function outputs one or more strings.

Note: The echo() function is not actually a function, so you are not required to use parentheses with it. However, if you want to pass more than one parameter to echo() , using parentheses will generate a parse error.

Tip: The echo() function is slightly faster than print().

Tip: The echo() function also has a shortcut syntax. Prior to PHP 5.4.0, this syntax only works with the short_open_tag configuration setting enabled.


Syntax

echo(strings)

Parameter Description
strings Required. One or more strings to be sent to the output

Technical Details

Return Value: No value is returned
PHP Version: 4+

More Examples

Example 1

Write the value of the string variable ($str) to the output:

<?php
$str = "Hello world!";
echo $str;
?>
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Example 2

Write the value of the string variable ($str) to the output, including HTML tags:

<?php
$str = "Hello world!";
echo $str;
echo "<br>What a nice day!";
?>
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Example 3

Join two string variables together:

<?php
$str1="Hello world!";
$str2="What a nice day!";
echo $str1 . " " . $str2;
?> 
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Example 4

Write the value of an array to the output:

<?php
$age=array("Peter"=>"35");
echo "Peter is " . $age['Peter'] . " years old.";
?>
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Example 5

Write some text to the output:

<?php
echo "This text
spans multiple
lines.";
?> 
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Example 6

How to use multiple parameters:

<?php
echo 'This ','string ','was ','made ','with multiple parameters.';
?> 
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Example 7

Difference of single and double quotes. Single quotes will print the variable name, not the value:

<?php
$color = "red";
echo "Roses are $color";
echo "<br>";
echo 'Roses are $color';
?>
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Example 8

Shortcut syntax (will only work with the short_open_tag configuration setting enabled):

<?php
$color = "red";
?>

<p>Roses are <?=$color?></p> 
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