How does the "finally" block differ from a regular statement like echo after a try/catch block?

The "finally" block in a try/catch statement is used to execute code regardless of whether an exception is thrown or not. This block will always run, even if there is a return statement in the try or catch block. On the other hand, a regular statement like echo after a try/catch block will only execute if there is no exception thrown. If an exception occurs, the regular statement will be skipped. 

try {
    // Code that may throw an exception
} catch (Exception $e) {
    // Code to handle the exception
} finally {
    // Code that will always run, regardless of an exception
}

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