echo vs print statement

[Anon]

What is the technical difference between the action statement print and echo. I've been using print for quite some time yet everyonce in a while I see and use echo. They both seem to write output to the browser so are they doing the same thing?

Mike

[trippyd]

there is a minute (and I do mean minute) speed difference between print and echo. Print is a function and returns a value (not a very useful one, but it returns a value nonetheless) and therefore takes just a little more time processerwise than echo, but for the most part, it is splitting hairs to tell the difference.