[Colin F]

Originally Posted by Ocean

I thought "echo" was an immediate output function - so that if you ran the following...

PHP Code:

 
<?
 
$i = 10;
 
echo ($i);
 
?>

...you would have "10" displayed on screen.

Was I mistaken?

Oh of course

I just wrote the echo line to show that the variable can be used normally. You don't have to echo it, you can use it like any other variable.