php-doc-en/reference/strings/functions/print.xml
Yannick Torres 88a88985b9 typo
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<refentry xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.print">
<refnamediv>
<refname>print</refname>
<refpurpose>Output a string</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>int</type><methodname>print</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>arg</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Outputs <parameter>arg</parameter>.
</para>
<para>
<function>print</function> is not actually a real function (it is a
language construct) so you are not required to use parentheses
with its argument list.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>arg</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The input data.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
Returns <literal>1</literal>, always.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title><function>print</function> examples</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?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;
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="notes">
&reftitle.notes;
&note.language-construct;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>echo</function></member>
<member><function>printf</function></member>
<member><function>flush</function></member>
<member><link linkend="language.types.string.syntax.heredoc">Heredoc syntax</link></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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