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MessageFormatter::getPattern

msgfmt_get_pattern

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

MessageFormatter::getPattern -- msgfmt_get_patternGet the pattern used by the formatter

Description

Object-oriented style

public MessageFormatter::getPattern(): string|false

Procedural style

msgfmt_get_pattern(MessageFormatter $formatter): string|false

Get the pattern used by the formatter

Parameters

formatter

The message formatter

Return Values

The pattern string for this message formatter, or false on failure.

Examples

Example #1 msgfmt_get_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

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