fprintf
Description
int fprintf ( resource handle, string format [, mixed args])Write a string produced according to the formatting string format to the stream resource specified by handle ..
The format string is composed of zero or more directives: ordinary characters (excluding %) that are copied directly to the result, and conversion specifications , each of which results in fetching its own parameter. This applies to fprintf(), sprintf(), and printf().
Each conversion specification consists of a percent sign (%), followed by one or more of these elements, in order:
An optional padding specifier that says what character will be used for padding the results to the right string size. This may be a space character or a 0 (zero character). The default is to pad with spaces. An alternate padding character can be specified by prefixing it with a single quote ('). See the examples below.
An optional alignment specifier that says if the result should be left-justified or right-justified. The default is right-justified; a - character here will make it left-justified.
An optional number, a width specifier that says how many characters (minimum) this conversion should result in.
An optional precision specifier that says how many decimal digits should be displayed for floating-point numbers. This option has no effect for other types than float. (Another function useful for formatting numbers is number_format().)
A type specifier that says what type the argument data should be treated as. Possible types:
% - a literal percent character. No argument is required. b - the argument is treated as an integer, and presented as a binary number. c - the argument is treated as an integer, and presented as the character with that ASCII value. d - the argument is treated as an integer, and presented as a (signed) decimal number. u - the argument is treated as an integer, and presented as an unsigned decimal number. f - the argument is treated as a float, and presented as a floating-point number. o - the argument is treated as an integer, and presented as an octal number. s - the argument is treated as and presented as a string. x - the argument is treated as an integer and presented as a hexadecimal number (with lowercase letters). X - the argument is treated as an integer and presented as a hexadecimal number (with uppercase letters).
See also: printf(), sprintf(), sscanf(), fscanf(), vsprintf(), and number_format().
Examples
Example 1. sprintf(): zero-padded integers
<?php
$isodate = sprintf("%04d-%02d-%02d", $year, $month, $day);
?>
Example 2. sprintf(): formatting currency
<?php
$money1 = 68.75;
$money2 = 54.35;
$money = $money1 + $money2;
// echo $money will output "123.1";
$formatted = sprintf("%01.2f", $money);
// echo $formatted will output "123.10"
?>
