vfprintf
vfprintf
(PHP 5, PHP 7)
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() - Output a formatted string
- sprintf() - Return a formatted string
- sscanf() - Parses input from a string according to a format
- fscanf() - Parses input from a file according to a format
- vsprintf() - Return a formatted string
- number_format() - Format a number with grouped thousands
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