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PHP echo Keyword

Use `echo` to output some text:

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Use echo to output some text:

html

  <?php
echo "Hello World!";
?>

Definition and Usage

The echo keyword is used to output one or more strings.

The echo keyword has no return value.

echo and print are more or less the same. They are both used to output data to the screen.

The differences are small:

echo has no return value, while print has a return value of 1 so it can be used in expressions
echo can take multiple parameters, while print can take one argument
echo is marginally faster than print

Use echo to output multiple strings:

html

  <?php
echo "Hello ", "World", "!";
?>

The print keyword