MessageFormatter::formatMessage

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

Quick format message

public static string MessageFormatter::formatMessage ( string $locale, string $pattern, array $args )

Object oriented style

Procedural style

string msgfmt_format_message ( string $locale , string $pattern , array $args )

Quick formatting function that formats the string without having to explicitly create the formatter object. Use this function when the format operation is done only once and does not need and parameters or state to be kept.

Parameters:

locale

The locale to use for formatting locale-dependent parts

pattern

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

args

The array of values to insert into the format string

Returns:

The formatted pattern string or FALSE if an error occurred

Examples:

msgfmt_format_message() example

<?php
echo msgfmt_format_message("en_US", "{0,number,integer} monkeys on {1,number,integer} trees make {2,number} monkeys per tree\n", array(4560, 123, 4560/123));
echo msgfmt_format_message("de", "{0,number,integer} Affen auf {1,number,integer} Bäumen sind {2,number} Affen pro Baum\n", array(4560, 123, 4560/123));
?>

OO example

<?php
echo MessageFormatter::formatMessage("en_US", "{0,number,integer} monkeys on {1,number,integer} trees make {2,number} monkeys per tree\n", array(4560, 123, 4560/123));
echo MessageFormatter::formatMessage("de", "{0,number,integer} Affen auf {1,number,integer} Bäumen sind {2,number} Affen pro Baum\n", array(4560, 123, 4560/123));
?>