NumberFormatter
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NumberFormatter::setSymbol

numfmt_set_symbol

Set a symbol value

Description

Object-oriented style

public bool NumberFormatter::setSymbol(int $symbol, string $value)

Procedural style

bool numfmt_set_symbol(NumberFormatter $formatter, int $symbol, string $value)

Set a symbol associated with the formatter. The formatter uses symbols to represent the special locale-dependent characters in a number, for example the percent sign. This API is not supported for rule-based formatters.

Parameters

formatter

NumberFormatter object.

symbol

Symbol specifier, one of the format symbol constants.

value

Text for the symbol.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Examples

Example #1 numfmt_set_symbol example

<?php
$fmt = numfmt_create( 'de_DE', NumberFormatter::DECIMAL );
echo "Sep: ".numfmt_get_symbol($fmt, NumberFormatter::GROUPING_SEPARATOR_SYMBOL)."\n";
echo numfmt_format($fmt, 1234567.891234567890000)."\n";
numfmt_set_symbol($fmt, NumberFormatter::GROUPING_SEPARATOR_SYMBOL, "*");
echo "Sep: ".numfmt_get_symbol($fmt, NumberFormatter::GROUPING_SEPARATOR_SYMBOL)."\n";
echo numfmt_format($fmt, 1234567.891234567890000)."\n";
?>

Example #2 OO example

<?php
$fmt = new NumberFormatter( 'de_DE', NumberFormatter::DECIMAL );
echo "Sep: ".$fmt->getSymbol(NumberFormatter::GROUPING_SEPARATOR_SYMBOL)."\n";
echo $fmt->format(1234567.891234567890000)."\n";
$fmt->setSymbol(NumberFormatter::GROUPING_SEPARATOR_SYMBOL, "*");
echo "Sep: ".$fmt->getSymbol(NumberFormatter::GROUPING_SEPARATOR_SYMBOL)."\n";
echo $fmt->format(1234567.891234567890000)."\n";
?>

The above example will output:

Sep: .
1.234.567,891
Sep: *
1*234*567,891

See Also

  • numfmt_get_error_code
  • numfmt_get_symbol