"whereas to echo it you'd have to concatenate the string." false
you don't have to concat strings with echo you can print vars the same way as print
regards
16/07/01 17:48:43, "Steve Brett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>i seem to remember reading somewhere that print acts like (is) a function,
>presumably returning false if it cannot print to screen, whereas echo just
>dumps it.
>
>also you can drop vars in print like
>
>print "you have $points points";
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>whereas to echo it you'd have to concatenate the string.
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>Steve
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>"Don Read" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> On 16-Jul-01 brother wrote:
>> > Why should I use printf instead of echo and vice versa?
>> >
>>
>> printf print-formated
>>
>> $a=12.3456;
>>
>> echo $a, '<BR>';
>> printf('%1.2f<BR>', $a);
>>
>> 12.3456<BR>
>> 12.34<BR>
>>
>> > As for today I use printf mostly but I don't know why.
>>
>> You prolly mean print; There may be some minor differences from echo,
>> but i've never seen 'em.
>> (i think they threw print in PHP to keep JAPHs happy).
>>
>> Regards,
>> --
>> Don Read [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> -- It's always darkest before the dawn. So if you are going to
>> steal the neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.
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