echo, printf

[Anon]

if you are just printing lines to the screen like html does it matter which function you should use does one use more power to get the response

thanks gabe

[Anon]

Both functions do the same actually. it's just a matter of which one do YOU like best. Say you want to welcome somebody.

$somebody = "Vincent";
echo "Hello, " . $somebody . "<br>\n";
printf("Hello, %s<br>\n", $somebody);

These lines both say: "Hello, Vincent." That's all. The printf function might be a little more powerful, because you can also format floats with two decimals and stuff like that.

Just use what you like best.

Greetz,

Vincent Driessen
Venlo, The Netherlands