note 105138 added to function.echo

Pay attention to this part of the documentation: echo() (unlike some other language constructs) does not behave like a function, so it cannot always be used in the context of a function I was trying to make certain that I was detecting errors and was trying code like this: @alwaysFails() or echo('Surprise! It failed again'); This error was generated: [29-Jul-2011 12:56:19] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ECHO in /Applications/MAMP/test.php on line 12 Changing to die(), print() or a function I defined worked fine. Beware of this limitation of echo. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 75.149.80.178 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.echo.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/105138 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105138/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105138/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105138/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105138/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105138/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105138/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105138 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/105138 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php