Print statement in PHP - Practice Problems & Coding Challenges

Challenge - 5 Problems

❓ Predict Output

intermediate

What is the output of this PHP print statement?

Look at the PHP code below. What will it print when run?

PHP

<?php
print "Hello, " . "world!";
?>

A Hello,world!

B Hello, world!

C Hello world!

D Hello world

💡 Hint

Remember that the dot (.) joins strings exactly as they are.

The dot operator concatenates strings without adding or removing spaces. So "Hello, " and "world!" join exactly as 'Hello, world!'.

❓ Predict Output

intermediate

What does this print statement output?

What will this PHP code print?

PHP

<?php
print(5 + 3);
?>

A 8

B 5 + 3

C 53

D Error

💡 Hint

The plus sign adds numbers, not strings, when used with numbers.

The expression 5 + 3 evaluates to 8, so print outputs 8.

❓ Predict Output

advanced

What is the output of this PHP print with variables?

What will this PHP code print?

PHP

<?php
$name = "Alice";
print "Hello, $name!";
?>

A Hello, !

B Hello, $name!

C Hello, Alice!

D Error

💡 Hint

Variables inside double quotes are replaced by their values.

In double quotes, PHP replaces $name with its value 'Alice', so it prints 'Hello, Alice!'.

❓ Predict Output

advanced

What error does this PHP print statement cause?

What error will this PHP code produce?

PHP

<?php
print 'Hello, $name!';
?>

A Undefined variable error

B Prints Hello, Alice!

C Parse error

D Prints Hello, $name!

💡 Hint

Single quotes do not replace variables with their values.

Single quotes print the string exactly as is, so it prints 'Hello, $name!'. No error occurs.

❓ Predict Output

expert

What is the output of this complex PHP print statement?

What will this PHP code print?

PHP

<?php
print "Sum: " . (2 + 3) . ", Product: " . (2 * 3);
?>

A Sum: 5, Product: 6

B Sum: 56

C Sum: 5, Product: 2

D Error

💡 Hint

Remember operator precedence: concatenation (.) and multiplication (*) have different priorities.

Operator precedence dictates that * has higher precedence than ., so 2 * 3 = 6 first. Then the concatenations happen left-to-right: "Sum: " . 5 . ", Product: " . 6 results in "Sum: 5, Product: 6".