Question

How to get a formatted string with sprintf() in PHP

Answer 1

$age = 130;
$name= 'Jar Jar Binks';

$format = 'Name: %s age: %d';
$s = sprintf($format, $name, $age);
echo $s;


/*
run:
    
Name: Jar Jar Binks age: 130 
      
*/

 

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Answer 2

$s = sprintf("PI = %.2f", M_PI);
echo $s;


/*
run:
    
PI = 3.14 
      
*/

 

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Answer 3

$n = 13;
$s = sprintf("%'.07d", $n);
echo $s;


/*
run:
    
0000013 
      
*/

 

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