Displaying Variables

This PHP Reference section displays the code for example programs that demonstrate how to display variable values.

DisplayVariables.php

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
  </head>
  <body>
<?php
	$sOldName = "Simon";
	$sNewName = "Peter";
?>

	<h3>Echo</h3>
<?php
	echo $sOldName;
	echo "<br/>";
	echo $sNewName;
	echo "<br/>";
?>

	<h3>Print</h3>
<?php
	print $sOldName;
	print "<br/>";
	print $sNewName;
	print "<br/>";
?>

	<h3>Variables Inside Text</h3>
<?php
	echo "Blessed are you, $sOldName Bar-Jona!<br/>";
	echo "Blessed are you, ".$sOldName." Bar-Jona!<br/>";
	echo "Blessed are you, {$sOldName} Bar-Jona!<br/>";
?>

	<h3>PHP inside HTML</h3>
	<p><?php echo $sOldName ?></p>

	<h3>HTML inside PHP</h3>
<?php
	echo "<p>{$sOldName}</p>";
?>

	<h3>Single, Double, and No Quotes</h3>
<?php
	echo '$sOldName'.'$sNewName';
	echo "<br/>";
	echo "$sOldName"."$sNewName";
	echo "<br/>";
	echo $sOldName.$sNewName;
	echo "<br/>";
	echo '$sOldName'." "."$sOldName"." ".$sOldName;
	echo "<br/>";
?>

	<h3>Var_dump</h3>
<?php
	var_dump($sOldName);
	var_dump($sNewName);
?>

	<h3>Print_r</h3>
<?php
	print_r($sOldName);
	print_r($sNewName);
?>
  </body>
</html>

Core PHP

Displaying Variables

DisplayVariables.php

Output