php man page for msgfmt_format_message

MSGFMT_FORMAT_MESSAGE(3)						 1						  MSGFMT_FORMAT_MESSAGE(3)

MessageFormatter::formatMessage - Quick format message

	Object oriented style

SYNOPSIS
       publicstatic string MessageFormatter::formatMessage (string  $locale, string  $pattern, array  $args)

DESCRIPTION
	Procedural style
       string msgfmt_format_message (string  $locale, string  $pattern, array  $args)

	Quick  formatting  function  that  formats the string without having to explicitly create the formatter object. Use this function when the
       format operation is done only once and does not need and parameters or state to be kept.

PARAMETERS
	      o $locale
		- The locale to use for formatting locale-dependent parts

	      o $pattern
		- The pattern string to insert things into. The pattern uses an 'apostrophe-friendly' syntax; it is run  through  umsg_autoQuoteA-
		postrophe before being interpreted.

	      o $args
		- The array of values to insert into the format string

RETURN VALUES
	The formatted pattern string or FALSE if an error occurred

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      msgfmt_format_message(3) example

	      <?php
	      echo msgfmt_format_message("en_US", "{0,number,integer} monkeys on {1,number,integer} trees make {2,number} monkeys per tree
", array(4560, 123, 4560/123));
	      echo msgfmt_format_message("de", "{0,number,integer} Affen auf {1,number,integer} Baumen sind {2,number} Affen pro Baum
", array(4560, 123, 4560/123));
	      ?>

       Example #2

	      OO example

	      <?php
	      echo MessageFormatter::formatMessage("en_US", "{0,number,integer} monkeys on {1,number,integer} trees make {2,number} monkeys per tree
", array(4560, 123, 4560/123));
	      echo MessageFormatter::formatMessage("de", "{0,number,integer} Affen auf {1,number,integer} Baumen sind {2,number} Affen pro Baum
", array(4560, 123, 4560/123));
	      ?>

       The above example will output:

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

SEE ALSO
       msgfmt_create(3), msgfmt_parse(3), msgfmt_get_error_code(3), msgfmt_get_error_message(3).

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