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";
whereas to echo it you'd have to concatenate the string.
Steve
"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]
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> steal the neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.
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