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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.sprintf">
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>sprintf</refname>
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<refpurpose>Return a formatted string</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsect1 role="description">
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&reftitle.description;
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<methodsynopsis>
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<type>string</type><methodname>sprintf</methodname>
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<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>format</parameter></methodparam>
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<methodparam choice="opt"><type>mixed</type><parameter>args</parameter></methodparam>
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<methodparam choice="opt"><type>mixed</type><parameter>...</parameter></methodparam>
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</methodsynopsis>
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<para>
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Returns a string produced according to the formatting string
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<parameter>format</parameter>.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 role="parameters">
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&reftitle.parameters;
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<para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><parameter>format</parameter></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The format string is composed of zero or more directives:
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ordinary characters (excluding <literal>%</literal>) that are
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copied directly to the result, and <emphasis>conversion
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specifications</emphasis>, each of which results in fetching its
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own parameter. This applies to both <function>sprintf</function>
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and <function>printf</function>.
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</para>
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<para>
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Each conversion specification consists of a percent sign
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(<literal>%</literal>), followed by one or more of these
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elements, in order:
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem>
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<simpara>
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An optional <emphasis>sign specifier</emphasis> that forces a sign
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(- or +) to be used on a number. By default, only the - sign is used
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on a number if it's negative. This specifier forces positive numbers
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to have the + sign attached as well, and was added in PHP 4.3.0.
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</simpara>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<simpara>
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An optional <emphasis>padding specifier</emphasis> that says
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what character will be used for padding the results to the
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right string size. This may be a space character or a
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<literal>0</literal> (zero character). The default is to pad
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with spaces. An alternate padding character can be specified
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by prefixing it with a single quote (<literal>'</literal>).
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See the examples below.
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</simpara>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<simpara>
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An optional <emphasis>alignment specifier</emphasis> that says
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if the result should be left-justified or right-justified.
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The default is right-justified; a <literal>-</literal>
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character here will make it left-justified.
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</simpara>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<simpara>
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An optional number, a <emphasis>width specifier</emphasis>
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that says how many characters (minimum) this conversion should
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result in.
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</simpara>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<simpara>
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An optional <emphasis>precision specifier</emphasis> in the form
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of a period (`.') followed by an optional decimal digit string
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that says how many decimal digits should be displayed for
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floating-point numbers. When using this specifier on a string,
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it acts as a cutoff point, setting a maximum character limit to
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the string.
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</simpara>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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A <emphasis>type specifier</emphasis> that says what type the
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argument data should be treated as. Possible types:
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<simplelist>
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<member>
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<literal>%</literal> - a literal percent character. No
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argument is required.
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</member>
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<member>
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<literal>b</literal> - the argument is treated as an
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integer, and presented as a binary number.
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</member>
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<member>
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<literal>c</literal> - the argument is treated as an
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integer, and presented as the character with that ASCII
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value.
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</member>
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<member>
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<literal>d</literal> - the argument is treated as an
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integer, and presented as a (signed) decimal number.
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</member>
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<member>
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<literal>e</literal> - the argument is treated as scientific
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notation (e.g. 1.2e+2).
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The precision specifier stands for the number of digits after the
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decimal point since PHP 5.2.1. In earlier versions, it was taken as
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number of significant digits (one less).
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</member>
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<member>
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<literal>E</literal> - like <literal>%e</literal> but uses
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uppercase letter (e.g. 1.2E+2).
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</member>
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<member>
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<literal>u</literal> - the argument is treated as an
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integer, and presented as an unsigned decimal number.
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</member>
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<member>
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<literal>f</literal> - the argument is treated as a
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float, and presented as a floating-point number (locale aware).
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</member>
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<member>
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<literal>F</literal> - the argument is treated as a
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float, and presented as a floating-point number (non-locale aware).
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Available since PHP 4.3.10 and PHP 5.0.3.
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</member>
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<member>
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<literal>g</literal> - shorter of <literal>%e</literal> and
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<literal>%f</literal>.
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</member>
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<member>
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<literal>G</literal> - shorter of <literal>%E</literal> and
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<literal>%f</literal>.
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</member>
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<member>
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<literal>o</literal> - the argument is treated as an
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integer, and presented as an octal number.
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</member>
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<member>
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<literal>s</literal> - the argument is treated as and
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presented as a string.
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</member>
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<member>
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<literal>x</literal> - the argument is treated as an integer
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and presented as a hexadecimal number (with lowercase
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letters).
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</member>
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<member>
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<literal>X</literal> - the argument is treated as an integer
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and presented as a hexadecimal number (with uppercase
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letters).
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</member>
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</simplelist>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</para>
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<para>
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The format string supports argument numbering/swapping. Here is an
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example:
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<example>
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<title>Argument swapping</title>
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<programlisting role="php">
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<![CDATA[
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<?php
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$format = 'There are %d monkeys in the %s';
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printf($format, $num, $location);
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?>
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]]>
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</programlisting>
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</example>
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This might output, "There are 5 monkeys in the tree". But
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imagine we are creating a format string in a separate file,
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commonly because we would like to internationalize it and we
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rewrite it as:
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<example>
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<title>Argument swapping</title>
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<programlisting role="php">
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<![CDATA[
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<?php
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$format = 'The %s contains %d monkeys';
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printf($format, $num, $location);
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?>
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]]>
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</programlisting>
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</example>
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We now have a problem. The order of the placeholders in the
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format string does not match the order of the arguments in the
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code. We would like to leave the code as is and simply indicate
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in the format string which arguments the placeholders refer to.
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We would write the format string like this instead:
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<example>
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<title>Argument swapping</title>
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<programlisting role="php">
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<![CDATA[
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<?php
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$format = 'The %2$s contains %1$d monkeys';
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printf($format, $num, $location);
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?>
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]]>
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</programlisting>
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</example>
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An added benefit here is that you can repeat the placeholders without
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adding more arguments in the code. For example:
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<example>
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<title>Argument swapping</title>
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<programlisting role="php">
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<![CDATA[
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<?php
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$format = 'The %2$s contains %1$d monkeys.
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That\'s a nice %2$s full of %1$d monkeys.';
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printf($format, $num, $location);
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?>
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]]>
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</programlisting>
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</example>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><parameter>args</parameter></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><parameter>...</parameter></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
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&reftitle.returnvalues;
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<para>
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Returns a string produced according to the formatting string
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<parameter>format</parameter>.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 role="changelog">
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&reftitle.changelog;
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<para>
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<informaltable>
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<tgroup cols="2">
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<thead>
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<row>
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<entry>&Version;</entry>
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<entry>&Description;</entry>
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</row>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<row>
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<entry>4.0.6</entry>
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<entry>
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Support for argument numbering/swapping was added
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</entry>
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</row>
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</tbody>
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</tgroup>
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</informaltable>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 role="examples">
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&reftitle.examples;
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<example>
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<title><function>printf</function>: various examples</title>
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<programlisting role="php">
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<![CDATA[
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<?php
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$n = 43951789;
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$u = -43951789;
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$c = 65; // ASCII 65 is 'A'
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// notice the double %%, this prints a literal '%' character
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printf("%%b = '%b'\n", $n); // binary representation
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printf("%%c = '%c'\n", $c); // print the ascii character, same as chr() function
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printf("%%d = '%d'\n", $n); // standard integer representation
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printf("%%e = '%e'\n", $n); // scientific notation
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printf("%%u = '%u'\n", $n); // unsigned integer representation of a positive integer
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printf("%%u = '%u'\n", $u); // unsigned integer representation of a negative integer
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printf("%%f = '%f'\n", $n); // floating point representation
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printf("%%o = '%o'\n", $n); // octal representation
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printf("%%s = '%s'\n", $n); // string representation
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printf("%%x = '%x'\n", $n); // hexadecimal representation (lower-case)
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printf("%%X = '%X'\n", $n); // hexadecimal representation (upper-case)
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printf("%%+d = '%+d'\n", $n); // sign specifier on a positive integer
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printf("%%+d = '%+d'\n", $u); // sign specifier on a negative integer
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?>
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]]>
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</programlisting>
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&example.outputs;
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<screen>
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<![CDATA[
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%b = '10100111101010011010101101'
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%c = 'A'
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%d = '43951789'
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%e = '4.39518e+7'
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%u = '43951789'
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%u = '4251015507'
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%f = '43951789.000000'
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%o = '247523255'
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%s = '43951789'
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%x = '29ea6ad'
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%X = '29EA6AD'
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%+d = '+43951789'
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%+d = '-43951789'
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]]>
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</screen>
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</example>
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<example>
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<title><function>printf</function>: string specifiers</title>
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<programlisting role="php">
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<![CDATA[
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<?php
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$s = 'monkey';
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$t = 'many monkeys';
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printf("[%s]\n", $s); // standard string output
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printf("[%10s]\n", $s); // right-justification with spaces
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printf("[%-10s]\n", $s); // left-justification with spaces
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printf("[%010s]\n", $s); // zero-padding works on strings too
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printf("[%'#10s]\n", $s); // use the custom padding character '#'
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printf("[%10.10s]\n", $t); // left-justification but with a cutoff of 10 characters
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?>
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]]>
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</programlisting>
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&example.outputs;
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<screen>
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<![CDATA[
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[monkey]
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[ monkey]
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[monkey ]
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[0000monkey]
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[####monkey]
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[many monke]
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]]>
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</screen>
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</example>
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<example>
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<title><function>sprintf</function>: zero-padded integers</title>
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<programlisting role="php">
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<![CDATA[
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<?php
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$isodate = sprintf("%04d-%02d-%02d", $year, $month, $day);
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?>
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]]>
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</programlisting>
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</example>
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<example>
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<title><function>sprintf</function>: formatting currency</title>
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<programlisting role="php">
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<![CDATA[
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<?php
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$money1 = 68.75;
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$money2 = 54.35;
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$money = $money1 + $money2;
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// echo $money will output "123.1";
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$formatted = sprintf("%01.2f", $money);
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// echo $formatted will output "123.10"
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?>
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]]>
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</programlisting>
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</example>
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<example>
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<title><function>sprintf</function>: scientific notation</title>
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<programlisting role="php">
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<![CDATA[
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<?php
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$number = 362525200;
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echo sprintf("%.3e", $number); // outputs 3.625e+8
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?>
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]]>
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</programlisting>
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</example>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 role="seealso">
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&reftitle.seealso;
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<para>
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<simplelist>
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<member><function>printf</function></member>
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<member><function>sscanf</function></member>
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<member><function>fscanf</function></member>
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<member><function>vsprintf</function></member>
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<member><function>number_format</function></member>
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</simplelist>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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