PHP print

Like PHP echo, 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.

PHP print: printing string

File: print1.php

<?php  
print "Hello by PHP print ";  
print ("Hello by PHP print()");  
?>  
 

Output:

Hello by PHP print Hello by PHP print()

PHP print: printing multi line string

File: print2.php

<?php  
print "Hello by PHP print  
this is multi line  
text printed by   
PHP print statement  
";  
?>  

Output:

Hello by PHP print this is multi line text printed by PHP print statement

PHP print: printing escaping characters

File: print3.php

<?php  
print "Hello escape \"sequence\" characters by PHP print";  
?>  

Output:

Hello escape "sequence" characters by PHP print

PHP print: printing variable value

File: print4.php

<?php  
$msg="Hello print() in PHP";  
print "Message is: $msg";    
?>  

Output:

Message is: Hello print() in PHP