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MessageFormatter::create

MessageFormatter::create

MessageFormatter::__construct

msgfmt_create

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

MessageFormatter::create -- MessageFormatter::__construct -- msgfmt_create — Constructs a new Message Formatter

Description

Object oriented style (method)

public static MessageFormatter MessageFormatter::create ( string $locale , string $pattern )

Object oriented style (constructor):

public MessageFormatter::__construct ( string $locale , string $pattern )

Procedural style

MessageFormatter msgfmt_create ( string $locale , string $pattern )

Constructs a new Message Formatter

Parameters

locale

The locale to use when formatting arguments

pattern

The pattern string to stick arguments into. The pattern uses an 'apostrophe-friendly' syntax; it is run through » umsg_autoQuoteApostrophe before being interpreted.

Return Values

The formatter object

Examples

Example #1 msgfmt_create() example

<?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) ?>

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" 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) ?>

The above example will output:

4,560 monkeys on 123 trees make 37.073 monkeys per tree 4.560 Affen auf 123 Bäumen sind 37,073 Affen pro Baum

See Also

  • msgfmt_format() - Format the message

  • msgfmt_parse() - Parse input string according to pattern

  • msgfmt_get_error_code() - Get the error code from last operation

  • msgfmt_get_error_message() - Get the error text from the last operation

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