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Readers Respond: Do you use Print or Echo in your PHP scripts?

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For the most part Print and Echo do the same thing. Which do you choose to use in your PHP programs? Why is this your choice? Share your answers with our readers! Tell Us Why

Echo

echo is easiar to type and works faster ...........
—Guest person

Echo

I use Echo statement as it's much easier and faster...
—Guest Dilawer Pirzada

echo

i use echo because echo print faster then print echo is not a function is take multiple arguments
—Guest negikaithal

echo vs print

it is best to use echo why means it is faster than print.the reason is when you are working with print ,it is a function and it will returns 1 if the statement successfully executed else returns 0.and it is a function it needs time to execute but echo execute very fast.
—Guest haribabu.p

Echo

..because 'echo' is shorter to type., and I am the "Lé z" type ^_^
—Guest Anup

echo is best

hii As u know echo statement is slight faster between print function. but echo take multiple argument b/w print. —Guest Sujit Srivastava Use Echo Use echo because it's faster than print echo also sound cool..!! —Guest Ameeto echo is gud using echo is much comfortable for me than print, and echo , it sounds good than print —Guest chakravarthy echo I use echo because my leader told me that it faster than print —Guest Sawsan echo all the way i usually use echo with no reasons , but what i know that it's faster than print —Guest loaa
—Guest lovley

ECHO / PRINT

Both Echo and print do same job but the difference is print is function and echo is command. prefer both based on situation
—Guest VINOTHKANNAN

echo

i use echo because it is much faster but for dumping bulk of html and in between parts generated in php i store it all in a variable and then print it.
—Guest yashovardhan

Echo

i always use Echo is best, it is best and looks good written in php
—Guest Chaudhary

echo

echo is a new function in other language so see php code and fast than print function, i can use echo
—Guest kunj bihari

using print, may change though

first learned for php coding print, however, looks to be echo is the best way to go.
—Guest johnny

Echo is best

Hm.... Echo is fast, simple, understandable, ( Echo means re-sound ), short and is used worldwide. So, I prefer "Echo". I use it too!
—Guest M.S.Rishikesh

Echo

Well I learned Echo first, so I just used it. That's truly the reason. Also in large files(4kb+) echo is just easier then print. So use: Instead of
—Guest Justinba1010

Echo Vs Print

Echo is the fast response, so i use echo and there is slight difference between echo and print about the speed of displaying the data.
—Guest Bharath

student

i want to become a programmer since i am doing computer science in my carrier please help me with guidline thanks very much for what you are doing
—Guest wenseslus

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