print to output string or variable in PHP

Output one expression with print

print outputs one expression and returns 1. echo is usually simpler for ordinary output, while print can be useful where its return value or expression-like behavior matters.

<?php
$name = 'PHP';
print 'Learning ' . $name;

print " Hello world ";

Output

Hello world

print takes one argument and always returns 1.

print with Variable

This is without any parentheses ( we can use pint with or without parentheses )

$first="Hello World";
print $first;

Output is here

Hello World

Multiple variables

$first="Hello";
$second="World";
print   ("$first");
print "<br>";
print ("$first $second");

Output is here

Hello
Hello World

Multiple Lines

print " Line one 
Line two 
One more line and end ";

Output is here

Line one Line two One more line and end

With escaping characters

print " Welcome to \"plus2net.com\" PHP section ";

Output is here

Welcome to "plus2net.com" PHP section

Using single quotes

$section = "PHP";
print ' Welcome to $section of plus2net';

Output is here

Welcome to $section of plus2net

We used the variable $section in above code. It will not print the value of the variable, only name will be printed.

Using HTML tags

print " Welcome to <i>plus2net</i> PHP Section " ;

Output is here

Welcome to plus2net PHP Section

Introduction to PHP echo to print string Guide to installation and How to write our first PHP Script

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