vprintf

(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5)

vprintf — Output a formatted string

Description

int vprintf ( string $format , array $args )

Display array values as a formatted string according to format (which is described in the documentation for sprintf()).

Operates as printf() but accepts an array of arguments, rather than a variable number of arguments.

Parameters

format

See sprintf() for a description of format.

args

Return Values

Returns the length of the outputted string.

Examples

Example #1 vprintf(): zero-padded integers

<?php
vprintf("%04d-%02d-%02d", explode('-', '1988-8-1')); // 1988-08-01
?>

See Also

• printf() - Output a formatted string
• sprintf() - Return a formatted string
• vsprintf() - Return a formatted string