MessageFormatter::create

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

Constructs a new Message Formatter

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

Object oriented style (method)

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.

Returns:

The formatter object

Examples:

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));
?>

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));
?>