MessageFormatter::setPattern

msgfmt_set_pattern

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

MessageFormatter::setPattern -- msgfmt_set_patternSet the pattern used by the formatter

Description

Object-oriented style

public MessageFormatter::setPattern(string $pattern): bool

Procedural style

msgfmt_set_pattern(MessageFormatter $formatter, string $pattern): bool

Set the pattern used by the formatter

Parameters

formatter

The message formatter

pattern

The pattern string to use in this message formatter. The pattern uses an 'apostrophe-friendly' syntax; see » Quoting/Escaping for details.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Examples

Example #1 msgfmt_set_pattern() example

<?php
$fmt 
msgfmt_create"en_US""{0, number} monkeys on {1, number} trees" );
echo 
"Default pattern: '" msgfmt_get_pattern$fmt ) . "'\n";
echo 
"Formatting result: " msgfmt_format$fmt, array(123456) ) . "\n";

msgfmt_set_pattern$fmt"{0, number} trees hosting {1, number} monkeys" );
echo 
"New pattern: '" msgfmt_get_pattern$fmt ) . "'\n";
echo 
"Formatted number: " msgfmt_format$fmt, array(123456) ) . "\n";
?>

Example #2 OO example

<?php
$fmt 
= new MessageFormatter"en_US""{0, number} monkeys on {1, number} trees" );
echo 
"Default pattern: '" $fmt->getPattern() . "'\n";
echo 
"Formatting result: " $fmt->format(array(123456)) . "\n";

$fmt->setPattern("{0, number} trees hosting {1, number} monkeys" );
echo 
"New pattern: '" $fmt->getPattern() . "'\n";
echo 
"Formatted number: " $fmt->format(array(123456)) . "\n";
?>

The above example will output:

Default pattern: '{0,number} monkeys on {1,number} trees'
Formatting result: 123 monkeys on 456 trees
New pattern: '{0,number} trees hosting {1,number} monkeys'
Formatted number: 123 trees hosting 456 monkeys

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