why don't we write parenthesis inside of an echo function in PHP?

Question

Php

Answer 1

since echo is not a function, we do not use parenthesis when calling it.

example:

echo "hello";

as opposed to

echo ("hello");

If it were to be a function, it would have been forced to be called as echo ("hello");

In ASP/Vbscript, I can call a function one of the following ways;

call dosomething("x","y","z") dosomething "x","y","z" notice the missing parathesis

The closest thing I have seen to this parenthesis-free syntax in PHP is the echo. I like the ability to skip the parenthesis.

My question to you is if there is a way to write a function in PHP, that would not require the use of the parenthesis?

Answer 2

Arun Kunj can you give an example, please?