php-doc-en/reference/intl/messageformatter/format.xml

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<refentry xml:id="messageformatter.format" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>MessageFormatter::format</refname>
  <refname>msgfmt_format</refname>
  <refpurpose>Format the message</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <para>
   &style.oop;
  </para>
  <methodsynopsis role="oop">
   <modifier>public</modifier> <type class="union"><type>string</type><type>false</type></type><methodname>MessageFormatter::format</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>array</type><parameter>values</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   &style.procedural;
  </para>
  <methodsynopsis role="procedural">
   <type class="union"><type>string</type><type>false</type></type><methodname>msgfmt_format</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>MessageFormatter</type><parameter>formatter</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>array</type><parameter>values</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Format the message by substituting the data into the format string
   according to the locale rules
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>formatter</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The message formatter
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>values</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Arguments to insert into the format string
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>


 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   The formatted string, or &false; if an error occurred
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <example>
   <title><function>msgfmt_format</function> example</title>
   <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?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(4560, 123, 4560/123));
$fmt = msgfmt_create("de", "{0,number,integer} Affen auf {1,number,integer} Bäumen sind {2,number} Affen pro Baum");
echo msgfmt_format($fmt, array(4560, 123, 4560/123));
?>
]]>
   </programlisting>
  </example>
  <example>
   <title>OO example</title>
   <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?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(4560, 123, 4560/123));
$fmt = new MessageFormatter("de", "{0,number,integer} Affen auf {1,number,integer} Bäumen sind {2,number} Affen pro Baum");
echo $fmt->format(array(4560, 123, 4560/123));
?>
]]>
   </programlisting>
  </example>
  &example.outputs;
  <screen>
<![CDATA[
4,560 monkeys on 123 trees make 37.073 monkeys per tree
4.560 Affen auf 123 Bäumen sind 37,073 Affen pro Baum
]]>
  </screen>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>msgfmt_create</function></member>
    <member><function>msgfmt_parse</function></member>
    <member><function>msgfmt_format_message</function></member>
    <member><function>msgfmt_get_error_code</function></member>
    <member><function>msgfmt_get_error_message</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>
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