There is a difference between the two, but speed-wise it should be irrelevant which one you use. print() behaves like a function in that you can do:
$ret = print "Hello World"; And $ret will be 1 That means that print can be used as part of a more complex expression where echo cannot. print is also part of the precedence table which it needs to be if it is to be used within a complex expression. It is just about at the bottom of the precendence list though. Only "," AND, OR and XOR are lower. echo is marginally faster since it doesn't set a return value if you really want to get down to the nitty gritty. If the grammar is: echo expression [, expression[, expression] ... ] Then echo ( expression, expression ) is not valid. ( expression ) reduces to just an expression so this would be valid: echo ("howdy"),("partner"); but you would simply write this as: echo "howdy","partner"; if you wanted to use two expression. Putting the brackets in there serves no purpose since there is no operator precendence issue with a single expression like that. http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/1/fid/40 Regards! Jocelyn http://www.hosting-canada.com Matt Zur wrote: > First of all... > I'm a bit confused is there really a difference between echo and print? > They seem to do the same thing? > > Also... I have trouble searching for these things in the docs: > A Call Function to emulate a browser and contact a remote host? For > example... to load in a piece of text from another web site? > > Hidden fuction. For example lets say I have a form with 10 variables. > Is there a function where I can do something like: > > hidden($var1,$var2,$var3) etc etc so it will write this: > <input type="hidden" name="var1name" value="var1value"> > <input type="hidden" name="var2name" value="var2value"> > <input type="hidden" name="var2name" value="var2value"> > > Thanks for the help! > > PHP Toolbar for Homesite v5.0 - http://zurnet.com/dl/hsphptb/ > Version 1.5 Coming Soon!!! > > -- > Matt Zur > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.zurnet.com > > Need a Web Site??? - Visit... www.zurnet.com > > 1997 - 2002 - 5th Anniversary!!! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php