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NumberFormatter::getSymbol

numfmt_get_symbol

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

NumberFormatter::getSymbol -- numfmt_get_symbolGet a symbol value

Description

Object-oriented style

public NumberFormatter::getSymbol(int $symbol): string|false

Procedural style

numfmt_get_symbol(NumberFormatter $formatter, int $symbol): string|false

Get 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.

Return Values

The symbol string or false on error.

Examples

Example #1 numfmt_get_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

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