NumberFormatter::create

numfmt_create

NumberFormatter::__construct

Create a number formatter

Description

Object oriented style (method)

public static NumberFormatter NumberFormatter::create ( string $locale , int $style [, string $pattern ] )

Procedural style

NumberFormatter numfmt_create ( string $locale , int $style [, string $pattern ] )

Object oriented style (constructor):

public NumberFormatter::__construct ( string $locale , int $style [, string $pattern ] )

Creates a number formatter.

Parameters

locale

Locale in which the number would be formatted (locale name, e.g. en_CA).

style

Style of the formatting, one of the format style constants. If NumberFormatter::PATTERN_DECIMAL or NumberFormatter::PATTERN_RULEBASED is passed then the number format is opened using the given pattern, which must conform to the syntax described in » ICU DecimalFormat documentation or » ICU RuleBasedNumberFormat documentation, respectively.

pattern

Pattern string if the chosen style requires a pattern.

Return Values

Returns NumberFormatter object or FALSE on error.

Examples

Example #1 numfmt_create example

<?php
$fmt 
numfmt_create'de_DE'NumberFormatter::DECIMAL );
echo 
numfmt_format($fmt1234567.891234567890000)."\n";
$fmt numfmt_create'it'NumberFormatter::SPELLOUT );
echo 
numfmt_format($fmt1142)."\n";
?>

Example #2 NumberFormatter::create example

<?php
$fmt 
= new NumberFormatter'de_DE'NumberFormatter::DECIMAL );
echo 
$fmt->format(1234567.891234567890000)."\n";
$fmt = new NumberFormatter'it'NumberFormatter::SPELLOUT );
echo 
$fmt->format(1142)."\n";
?>

The above example will output:

1.234.567,891
millicentoquarantadue

See Also

  • numfmt_format
  • numfmt_parse