php中print_r和echo区别

print_r可以打印一个对象；

echo 只能输出字符串

举例：

<?php 
/****
十八哥xml第40集
****/
//创建一个dom对象并读取xml文件到内存中
$dom = new DOMDocument('1.0','utf-8');
$dom->load('./book.xml');


//创建一个xpath对象
$xpath = new DOMXPATH($dom);

$sql = '/bookstore/book/title';

$rs = $xpath->query($sql);

print_r($rs);
echo $rs->item(1)->nodeValue;

?>

程序运行结果:

DOMNodeList Object ( [length] => 4 ) 侠客行

使用到的book.xml如下:

<?xml version ='1.0' encoding='utf8'?>
<bookstore>
	<book category='COOKING'>
		<title lang='en'>Everyday Italian</title>
		<author>Giada De Laurentiis</author>
		<year>2005</year>
		<price>30.00</price>
	</book>
	<book category='武侠'>
		<title lang='中文'>侠客行</title>
		<author>金庸</author>
		<year>2005</year>
		<price>29.99</price>
	</book>
	<book category='网页'>
		<title lang='中文'>Jquery 7日通</title>
		<author>小二虎</author>
		<year>2003</year>
		<price>49.99</price>
	</book>
	<book category='网页'>
		<title lang='en'>Learning XML</title>
		<author>Erik T. Ray</author>
		<year>2003</year>
		<price>39.95</price>
		<edition>第三版</edition>
	</book>
</bookstore>