05-02-2019
You really should answer ALL questions asked in post #2. Your C:/shan path implys you're on a windows system. What's your *nix flavour, again? Your shell? And, when trying to apply / adapt jim mcnamara's pseudo code, where are you stuck?
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VFPRINTF(3) 1 VFPRINTF(3)
vfprintf - Write a formatted string to a stream
SYNOPSIS
int vfprintf (resource $handle, string $format, array $args)
DESCRIPTION
Write a string produced according to $format to the stream resource specified by $handle.
Operates as fprintf(3) but accepts an array of arguments, rather than a variable number of arguments.
PARAMETERS
o $handle
-
o $format
- See sprintf(3) for a description of $format.
o $args
-
RETURN VALUES
Returns the length of the outputted string.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
vfprintf(3): zero-padded integers
<?php
if (!($fp = fopen('date.txt', 'w')))
return;
vfprintf($fp, "%04d-%02d-%02d", array($year, $month, $day));
// will write the formatted ISO date to date.txt
?>
SEE ALSO
printf(3), sprintf(3), sscanf(3), fscanf(3), vsprintf(3), number_format(3).
PHP Documentation Group VFPRINTF(3)