vfprintf

Write a formatted string to a stream

Description

int vfprintf ( resource $handle , string $format , array $args )

Write a string produced according to format to the stream resource specified by handle.

Operates as fprintf but accepts an array of arguments, rather than a variable number of arguments.

Parameters

handle

format

See sprintf for a description of format.

args

Return Values

Returns the length of the outputted string.

Examples

Example #1 vfprintf: zero-padded integers

<?php
if (!($fp fopen('date.txt''w')))
    return;

vfprintf($fp"%04d-%02d-%02d", array($year$month$day));
// will write the formatted ISO date to date.txt
?>

See Also

  • printf
  • sprintf
  • sscanf
  • fscanf
  • vsprintf
  • number_format