diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a47c27d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+*.egg-info/
+*.pyc
+.tox/
+__pycache__
diff --git a/readme.md b/README.md
similarity index 52%
rename from readme.md
rename to README.md
index a89bcb4..2cd1ff9 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Python PHP
-Have you ever wished that the Python standard library had the power and flexibilty of PHP? Now it is as simple as `import php`
+Have you ever wished that the Python standard library had the power and flexibility of PHP? Now it is as simple as `import php`
 
 ## Installation
 Python PHP can be installed using pip
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ php.str_replace('Python', 'PHP', 'Hello World of Python')
 Python PHP supports the following types: int, string, list, and dictionaries
 
 ## Testing
-Of course Python-PHP has unit tests! How else would we know that it is safe to use? Run tests with `$ python tests.py`
+Of course Python-PHP has unit tests! How else would we know that it is safe to use? 
+Run tests with `$ python tests.py`
+To test with python 2.6+ and 3.3+ type `$ tox`
 
 ## Compatibility
-Python-PHP is currently only compatible with Python 2.7
+Python-PHP is compatible with all relevant Python versions: 2.6, 2.7, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5
 
-## Is this really a good idea
-What could possibly go wrong?
+## Is this really a good idea?
+What could possibly go wrong?  OK, probably a lot of things. First release on April Fools Day 2016, this project was designed as a tongue-in-cheek coding exercise intended more for mirth than productivity. Using this in production is probably a very bad idea.
diff --git a/php/__init__.py b/php/__init__.py
index 6bb8aa7..f37d02e 100644
--- a/php/__init__.py
+++ b/php/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import print_function
+
 import sys
 
 
@@ -12,12 +14,17 @@ def __getattr__(self, name):
         import tempfile
 
         def call_php_function(*args):
-            with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as f:
+            with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w+t') as f:
                 php_code = (
                     "<?php\n"
                     "$args = json_decode('{args}', true);\n"
+                    "ob_start();\n"
                     "$result = @call_user_func_array('{function_name}', $args);\n"
+                    "$buffer = ob_get_contents();\n"
+                    "ob_end_clean();"
+                    "if ($buffer) {{ $result = $buffer; }}\n"
                     "echo json_encode($result);"
+
                 ).format(args=json.dumps(args).replace("'", "\\'"),
                          function_name=call_php_function.name)
                 f.write(php_code)
@@ -26,9 +33,12 @@ def call_php_function(*args):
                 # print "%s\n-------------\n%s\n\n" % (f.name, f.read())
                 process = subprocess.Popen(['php', '-f', f.name], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
                 out, err = process.communicate()
+                out = out.decode('utf-8')
             if err:
                 raise PHPException(err)
             return json.loads(out)
+        if name in ['echo', 'print']:
+            return print
         call_php_function.name = name
         return call_php_function
 
diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
index 7a8729e..a7653df 100644
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class PythonPHPTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     """Just because something is tested, doesn't mean it is safe"""
 
     def test_strtotime(self):
-        r = php.strtotime("2015-01-01")
+        r = php.strtotime("2015-01-01 UTC")
         self.assertEqual(r, 1420070400)
 
     def test_str_replace(self):
@@ -24,5 +24,9 @@ def test_array_flip(self):
         r = php.array_flip({"foo": "bar", "spam": "eggs"})
         self.assertEqual(r, {"bar": "foo", "eggs": "spam"})
 
+    def test_print_r(self):
+        r = php.print_r(['test'])
+        self.assertEqual(r, u'Array\n(\n    [0] => test\n)\n')
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..501d031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[tox]
+envlist = py26, py27, py33, py34, py35
+
+[testenv]
+commands = python tests.py