Difference between echo and return in php? [closed]

Answer 1

echo - Output one or more strings

return - If called from within a function, the return statement immediately ends execution of the current function, and returns its argument as the value of the function call. return will also end the execution of an eval() statement or script file.

Take your time and read php manual instead.

Answer 2

Echo allows you to send a value to the browser, for display to the user.

Return allows you to end a function, as well as pass off a value to another function or variable.

Check out this link, which goes into more detail:

http://blog.bluefur.com/2009/01/20/php-echo-return/

Answer 3

Ah...

There's a HUGE difference.

In basic:

• return $a returns a value from the function or ends the function

• echo $a outputs a value

  function foo() {
      return 5;
  }
  
  $x = foo(); // $x holds the value 5
  
  echo $x; // outputs "5"
  

Answer 4

Echo prints strings to the screen or the browser. Return ends the function, optionally sending a value back from the function to the code that called the function.

Answer 5

echo outputs content to the console or the web browser.

Example:

echo "Hey, this is now showing up on your screen!";

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return returns a value at the end of a function or method.

Example:

function my_function()
{
    return "Always returns this";
}

echo my_function(); // displays "Always returns this"