NumberFormatter::create

numfmt_create

NumberFormatter::__construct

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

NumberFormatter::create -- numfmt_create -- NumberFormatter::__construct — Create a number formatter

Description

Object-oriented style (method)

publicstaticNumberFormatter::create(string$locale, int$style, ?string$pattern = null): ?NumberFormatter

Procedural style

numfmt_create(string$locale, int$style, ?string$pattern = null): ?NumberFormatter

Object-oriented style (constructor):

publicNumberFormatter::__construct(string$locale, int$style, ?string$pattern = null)

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 null on error.

Changelog

Version	Description
8.0.0	`pattern` is nullable now.

Examples

Example #1 numfmt_create() example

<?php
$fmt = numfmt_create( 'de_DE', NumberFormatter::DECIMAL );
echo numfmt_format($fmt, 1234567.891234567890000)."\n";
$fmt = numfmt_create( 'it', NumberFormatter::SPELLOUT );
echo numfmt_format($fmt, 1142)."\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