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# MessageFormatter::formatMessage

# msgfmt_format_message

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MessageFormatter::formatMessage -- msgfmt_format_message — Quick format message

### Description

Object oriented style

static string MessageFormatter::formatMessage ( string `$locale` , string `$pattern` , array `$args` )

Procedural style

string msgfmt_format_message ( string `$locale` , string `$pattern` , array `$args` )

Quick formatting function that formats the string without having to explicitly create 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 formatting locale-dependent parts

`pattern`

  The pattern string to insert things into. The pattern uses an 'apostrophe-friendly' syntax; it is run through » umsg_autoQuoteApostrophe before being interpreted.

`args`

  The array of values to insert into the format string

### Return Values

The formatted pattern string or `FALSE` if an error occurred

### Examples

Example #1 msgfmt_format_message() example

`<?php
echo msgfmt_format_message("en_US", "{0,number,integer} monkeys on {1,number,integer} trees make {2,number} monkeys per tree", array(4560, 123, 4560/123));
echo msgfmt_format_message("de", "{0,number,integer} Affen über {1,number,integer} Bäume um {2,number} Affen pro Baum", array(4560, 123, 4560/123));`

Example #2 OO example

`<?php
echo msgfmt_format_message("en_US", "{0,number,integer} monkeys on {1,number,integer} trees make {2,number} monkeys per tree", array(4560, 123, 4560/123));
echo msgfmt_format_message("de", "{0,number,integer} Affen über {1,number,integer} Bäume um {2,number} Affen pro Baum", array(4560, 123, 4560/123));
?>`

The above example will output:

    4,560 monkeys on 123 trees make 37.073 monkeys per tree
    4.560 Affen über 123 Bäume um 37,073 Affen pro Baum

### See Also

- msgfmt_create()
- msgfmt_parse()
- msgfmt_get_error_code()
- msgfmt_get_error_message()

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