php man page for numfmt_create

NUMFMT_CREATE(3)							 1							  NUMFMT_CREATE(3)

NumberFormatter::create - Create a number formatter

	Object oriented style (method)

SYNOPSIS
       publicstatic NumberFormatter NumberFormatter::create (string  $locale, int  $style, [string  $pattern])

DESCRIPTION
	Procedural style
       NumberFormatter numfmt_create (string  $locale, int  $style, [string  $pattern])

	Object oriented style (constructor): NumberFormatter::__construct (string  $locale, int  $style, [string  $pattern])

	Creates a number formatter.

PARAMETERS
	      o $locale
		- Locale in which the number would be formatted (locale name, e.g. en_CA).

	      o $style
		-  Style  of  the  formatting,	one  of  the  format style constants. If NumberFormatter::PATTERN_DECIMAL or NumberFormatter::PAT-
		TERN_RULEBASED is passed then the number format is opened using the given pattern, which must conform to the syntax  described	in
		ICU DecimalFormat documentation or ICU RuleBasedNumberFormat documentation, respectively.

	      o $pattern
		- Pattern string if the chosen style requires a pattern.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns NumberFormatter object or FALSE on error.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      numfmt_create(3) example

	      <?php
	      $fmt = numfmt_create( 'de_DE', NumberFormatter::DECIMAL );
	      echo numfmt_format($fmt, 1234567.891234567890000)."
";
	      $fmt = numfmt_create( 'it', NumberFormatter::SPELLOUT );
	      echo numfmt_format($fmt, 1142)."
";
	      ?>

       Example #2

	      numfmt_create(3) example

	      <?php
	      $fmt = new NumberFormatter( 'de_DE', NumberFormatter::DECIMAL );
	      echo $fmt->format(1234567.891234567890000)."
";
	      $fmt = new NumberFormatter( 'it', NumberFormatter::SPELLOUT );
	      echo $fmt->format(1142)."
";
	      ?>

       The above example will output:

       1.234.567,891
       millicentoquarantadue

SEE ALSO
       numfmt_format(3), numfmt_parse(3).

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