MessageFormatter::format

msgfmt_format

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

MessageFormatter::format -- msgfmt_formatFormat the message

Description

Object oriented style

public MessageFormatter::format ( array $args ) : string

Procedural style

msgfmt_format ( MessageFormatter $fmt , array $args ) : string

Format the message by substituting the data into the format string according to the locale rules

Parameters

fmt

The message formatter

args

Arguments to insert into the format string

Return Values

The formatted string, or FALSE if an error occurred

Examples

Example #1 msgfmt_format() example

<?php
$fmt 
msgfmt_create("en_US""{0,number,integer} monkeys on {1,number,integer} trees make {2,number} monkeys per tree");
echo 
msgfmt_format($fmt, array(45601234560/123));
$fmt msgfmt_create("de""{0,number,integer} Affen auf {1,number,integer} Bäumen sind {2,number} Affen pro Baum");
echo 
msgfmt_format($fmt, array(45601234560/123));
?>

Example #2 OO example

<?php
$fmt 
= new MessageFormatter("en_US""{0,number,integer} monkeys on {1,number,integer} trees make {2,number} monkeys per tree");
echo 
$fmt->format(array(45601234560/123));
$fmt = new MessageFormatter("de""{0,number,integer} Affen auf {1,number,integer} Bäumen sind {2,number} Affen pro Baum");
echo 
$fmt->format(array(45601234560/123));
?>

The above example will output:

4,560 monkeys on 123 trees make 37.073 monkeys per tree
4.560 Affen auf 123 Bäumen sind 37,073 Affen pro Baum

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