MessageFormatter
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MessageFormatter::setPattern

msgfmt_set_pattern

Set the pattern used by the formatter

Description

Object-oriented style

public bool MessageFormatter::setPattern(string $pattern)

Procedural style

bool msgfmt_set_pattern(MessageFormatter $formatter, string $pattern)

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(123, 456) ) . "\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(123, 456) ) . "\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(123, 456)) . "\n";

$fmt->setPattern("{0, number} trees hosting {1, number} monkeys" );
echo "New pattern: '" . $fmt->getPattern() . "'\n";
echo "Formatted number: " . $fmt->format(array(123, 456)) . "\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

See Also

  • msgfmt_create
  • msgfmt_get_pattern