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[Crane]

PHP echo VS print

I noticed a lot of people use echo instead of print when using PHP. Why?

I see the differences for echo vs print

echo -- Output one or more strings
print -- Output a string

To me, it makes sense to use echo only when outputting more than one string.... But why? Why not just do

print "hello" . "there";

[Lop]

I really do not know. I use echo just because it was the way I was taught. I think print and echo are almost interchangable.

[TkTech]

print is a basic command. alot of the commands in php have dups, to make it easier to migrate from one languge to another. For example alot of c commands have been added to php, even though a php alternative already existed for it.

[TkTech]

lol by one characeter :(