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Output a formatted string
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vprintf

(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5)

vprintfOutput a formatted string

Description

int vprintf ( string $format , array $args )

Display array values as a formatted string according to format (which is described in the documentation for sprintf()).

Operates as printf() but accepts an array of arguments, rather than a variable number of arguments.

Parameters

format

See sprintf() for a description of format.

args

Return Values

Returns the length of the outputted string.

Examples

Example #1 vprintf(): zero-padded integers

<?php
vprintf
("%04d-%02d-%02d"explode('-''1988-8-1')); // 1988-08-01
?>

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