php man page for msgfmt_parse

MSGFMT_PARSE(3) 							 1							   MSGFMT_PARSE(3)

MessageFormatter::parse - Parse input string according to pattern

	Object oriented style

SYNOPSIS
       public array MessageFormatter::parse (string  $value)

DESCRIPTION
	Procedural style
       array msgfmt_parse (MessageFormatter  $fmt, string  $value)

	Parses input string and return any extracted items as an array.

PARAMETERS
	      o $fmt
		- The message formatter

	      o $value
		- The string to parse

RETURN VALUES
	An array containing the items extracted, or FALSE on error

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      msgfmt_parse(3) example

	      <?php
	      $fmt = msgfmt_create('en_US', "{0,number,integer} monkeys on {1,number,integer} trees make {2,number} monkeys per tree");
	      $res = msgfmt_parse($fmt, "4,560 monkeys on 123 trees make 37.073 monkeys per tree");
	      var_export($res);

	      $fmt = msgfmt_create('de', "{0,number,integer} Affen auf {1,number,integer} Baumen sind {2,number} Affen pro Baum");
	      $res = msgfmt_parse($fmt, "4.560 Affen auf 123 Baumen sind 37,073 Affen pro Baum");
	      var_export($res);
	      ?>

       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");
	      $res = $fmt->parse("4,560 monkeys on 123 trees make 37.073 monkeys per tree");
	      var_export($res);

	      $fmt = new MessageFormatter('de', "{0,number,integer} Affen auf {1,number,integer} Baumen sind {2,number} Affen pro Baum");
	      $res = $fmt->parse("4.560 Affen auf 123 Baumen sind 37,073 Affen pro Baum");
	      var_export($res);
	      ?>

       The above example will output:

       array (
	 0 => 4560,
	 1 => 123,
	 2 => 37.073,
       )
       array (
	 0 => 4560,
	 1 => 123,
	 2 => 37.073,
       )

SEE ALSO
       msgfmt_create(3), msgfmt_format(3), msgfmt_parse_message(3).

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