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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xml:id="messageformatter.parse">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>MessageFormatter::parse</refname>
  <refname>msgfmt_parse</refname>
  <refpurpose>Parse input string according to pattern</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <para>
   Object oriented style
  </para>
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>array</type>
   <methodname>MessageFormatter::parse</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>value</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Procedural style
  </para>
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>array</type>
   <methodname>msgfmt_parse</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>MessageFormatter</type><parameter>fmt</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>value</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Parses input <type>string</type> and return any extracted items as an <type>array</type>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>fmt</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The message formatter
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>value</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The <type>string</type> to parse
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>


 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   An <type>array</type> containing the items extracted, or &false; on error
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <example>
   <title><function>msgfmt_parse</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");
$res = msgfmt_parse($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} Bäumen sind {2,number} Affen pro Baum");
$res = msgfmt_parse($fmt, "4.560 Affen auf 123 Bäumen sind 37,073 Affen pro Baum");
var_export($res);
?>
]]>
   </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");
$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} Bäumen sind {2,number} Affen pro Baum");
$res = $fmt->parse("4.560 Affen auf 123 Bäumen sind 37,073 Affen pro Baum");
var_export($res);
?>
]]>
   </programlisting>
  </example>
  &example.outputs;
  <screen>
<![CDATA[
array (
  0 => 4560,
  1 => 123,
  2 => 37.073,
)
array (
  0 => 4560,
  1 => 123,
  2 => 37.073,
)
]]>
  </screen>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>msgfmt_create</function></member>
    <member><function>msgfmt_format</function></member>
    <member><function>msgfmt_parse_message</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>
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