print

Output a string

&reftitle.description; `int` `print` `string` `arg`

Outputs `arg`.

`print` is not actually a real function (it is a language construct) so you are not required to use parentheses with its argument list.

&reftitle.parameters;

`arg`

- The input data.

&reftitle.returnvalues;

Returns `1`, always.

&reftitle.examples;

### `print` examples

    <?php
    print("Hello World");

    print "print() also works without parentheses.";

    print "This spans
    multiple lines. The newlines will be
    output as well";

    print "This spans\nmultiple lines. The newlines will be\noutput as well.";

    print "escaping characters is done \"Like this\".";

    // You can use variables inside a print statement
    $foo = "foobar";
    $bar = "barbaz";

    print "foo is $foo"; // foo is foobar

    // You can also use arrays
    $bar = array("value" => "foo");

    print "this is {$bar['value']} !"; // this is foo !

    // Using single quotes will print the variable name, not the value
    print 'foo is $foo'; // foo is $foo

    // If you are not using any other characters, you can just print variables
    print $foo;          // foobar

    print <<<END
    This uses the "here document" syntax to output
    multiple lines with $variable interpolation. Note
    that the here document terminator must appear on a
    line with just a semicolon no extra whitespace!
    END;
    ?>

&reftitle.notes; ¬e.language-construct;
&reftitle.seealso;

- `echo`
- `printf`
- `flush`
- Heredoc syntax