Learn about case sensitivity in PHP. Understand how PHP treats keywords and functions as case-insensitive, while variables are case-sensitive, with clear examples.
if
, else
, echo
) are not case-sensitive.$Var
and $var
are two different variables.<?php
ECHO "Hello World!<br>";
echo "Hello World!<br>";
EcHo "Hello World!<br>";
?>
<?php
$color = "red"; // lowercase
$COLOR = "green"; // uppercase
echo "My car is " . $color . "<br>"; // outputs red
echo "My house is " . $COLOR . "<br>"; // outputs green
?>
echo
echo
, ECHO
, and EcHo
to print the same message (e.g., βHello, PHP!β).$name = "Alice";
$NAME = "Bob";