print, echo, and printf are all available to help different coders code in their own style. So if you're used to just using echo in "shell", or print in perl/basic or perhaps printf, in c/c++/java/asp, there you go. Make a language easy to get stuff out of, and you can have a really quick user base. -- Austin Gonyou Systems Architect, CCNA Coremetrics, Inc. Phone: 512-796-9023 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Brett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 10:38 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] Re: echo vs printf > > > don't echo and printf do different jobs ? > > as i understand it echo will dump anything to screen, fprint > will accept > formatted text args like "you owe me %d > dollars",$owed_amount) or something > like that. > > i kind of use print by itself (harking back to the old days > of basic etc) > but use echo quite a lot. only use printf when i have to put > cash amounts in > and stuff like that. > > Steve > > "Brother" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Why should I use printf instead of echo and vice versa? > > > > As for today I use printf mostly but I don't know why. > > > > brother > > Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > UIN: 4722160 > > Web: http://motd.st > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
