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[nycphp-talk] Can't get no $action

John Lacey jlacey at att.net
Mon Apr 26 14:24:07 EDT 2004




Matthew Terenzio wrote:

> 
> On Apr 26, 2004, at 1:11 PM, David Mintz wrote:
> 
>>
>> One convenience of echo (over print) in PHP is that you can use commas 
>> and
>> echo as many things as you like -- like the Perl's print. Feel free to
>> feel confused if you like.
>>
>> echo "Huh?", $object->method(), "... whatever.";
> 
> 
> what's the advantage of that over
> 
> print "Huh?".$object->method()."... whatever.";


I think consistency of use throughout a given program or set of 
scripts is what's important here -- as Adam intimated in an 
earlier post.

The case study I use to teach [mostly] newbies uses echo 
statements.  So, I use echo statements consistently.


John







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