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NumberFormatter::create

NumberFormatter::create

numfmt_create

NumberFormatter::__construct

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

NumberFormatter::create -- numfmt_create -- NumberFormatter::__construct — Create a number formatter

Description

Object oriented style (method)

public static NumberFormatter NumberFormatter::create ( string $locale , int $style [, string $pattern ] )

Procedural style

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

Object oriented style (constructor):

public NumberFormatter::__construct ( string $locale , int $style , string $pattern )

Creates a number formatter.

Parameters

locale

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

style

Style of the formatting, one of the format style constants. If NumberFormatter::PATTERN_DECIMAL or NumberFormatter::PATTERN_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.

pattern

Pattern string if the chosen style requires a pattern.

Return Values

Returns NumberFormatter object or FALSE on error.

Examples

Example #1 numfmt_create() example

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

Example #2 NumberFormatter::create() example

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

The above example will output:

1.234.567,891 millicentoquarantadue

See Also

  • numfmt_format() - Format a number

  • numfmt_parse() - Parse a number

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