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<p>Normally to echo, or print out a variable you would do this:</p>
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;?</span><span class="nx">php</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$variable</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="cp">?&gt;</span>
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<p>With the alternative syntax you can instead do it this way:</p>
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;?=</span><span class="nv">$v