MessageFormatter::parseMessage

msgfmt_parse_message

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

MessageFormatter::parseMessage -- msgfmt_parse_message — Quick parse input string

Description

Object oriented style

public static MessageFormatter::parseMessage ( string $locale , string $pattern , string $source ) : array

Procedural style

msgfmt_parse_message ( string $locale , string $pattern , string $value ) : array

Parses input string without explicitly creating the formatter object. Use this function when the format operation is done only once and does not need and parameters or state to be kept.

Parameters

locale

The locale to use for parsing locale-dependent parts

pattern

The pattern with which to parse the value.

source

The string to parse, conforming to the pattern.

Return Values

An array containing items extracted, or FALSE on error

Examples

Example #1 msgfmt_parse_message() example

<?php
$fmt = msgfmt_parse_message('en_US', "{0,number,integer} monkeys on {1,number,integer} trees make {2,number} monkeys per tree",
                            "4,560 monkeys on 123 trees make 37.073 monkeys per tree");
var_export($fmt);

$fmt = msgfmt_parse_message('de', "{0,number,integer} Affen auf {1,number,integer} Bäumen sind {2,number} Affen pro Baum", 
                            "4.560 Affen auf 123 Bäumen sind 37,073 Affen pro Baum");
var_export($fmt);
?>

Example #2 OO example

<?php
$fmt = MessageFormatter::parseMessage('en_US', "{0,number,integer} monkeys on {1,number,integer} trees make {2,number} monkeys per tree",
                            "4,560 monkeys on 123 trees make 37.073 monkeys per tree");
var_export($fmt);

$fmt = MessageFormatter::parseMessage('de', "{0,number,integer} Affen auf {1,number,integer} Bäumen sind {2,number} Affen pro Baum", 
                            "4.560 Affen auf 123 Bäumen sind 37,073 Affen pro Baum");
var_export($fmt);
?>

The above example will output:

array (
  0 => 4560,
  1 => 123,
  2 => 37.073,
)
array (
  0 => 4560,
  1 => 123,
  2 => 37.073,
)

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