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printf

Posted on April 23rd, 2009 RubyLove 1 comment

Output a formatted string.

PHP

$format = 'There are %d monkeys in the %s';
printf($format, 5, 'tree');
// => There are 5 monkeys in the tree

Ruby

my_string = 'There are %d monkeys in the %s';
printf(my_string, 5, 'tree');
# => There are 5 monkeys in the tree

PHP, Ruby echo, output, print, printf

print

Posted on April 20th, 2009 RubyLove No comments

Output a string.

Strictly speaking, print() is not a function in PHP, it is a language construct (similar to echo() ).

PHP
```
print 'Hello World!';
// => Hello World!
```
Ruby
```
print 'Hello World!'
# => Hello World!
```
PHP, Ruby echo, output, print
echo

Posted on April 17th, 2009 RubyLove 2 comments

Output one or more strings.

Strictly speaking, echo() is not a function in PHP, it is a language construct.

PHP
```
echo 'Hello World!';
// => Hello World!
```
Ruby
```
print 'Hello World!'
# => Hello World!
```
PHP, Ruby echo, output, print