NumberFormatter::setPattern
PHP function
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(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)
Set formatter pattern
Description
Oop
NumberFormatter::setPattern(string $pattern): bool
Procedural
numfmt_set_pattern(NumberFormatter $formatter, string $pattern): bool
Set the pattern used by the formatter. Can not be used on a rule-based formatter.
Parameters
formatterNumberFormatterobject.patternPattern in syntax described in ICU DecimalFormat documentation.
Return Values
Success
Examples
numfmt_set_pattern() example
php
<?php
$fmt = numfmt_create( 'de_DE', NumberFormatter::DECIMAL );
echo "Pattern: ".numfmt_get_pattern($fmt)."\n";
echo numfmt_format($fmt, 1234567.891234567890000)."\n";
numfmt_set_pattern($fmt, "#0.# kg");
echo "Pattern: ".numfmt_get_pattern($fmt)."\n";
echo numfmt_format($fmt, 1234567.891234567890000)."\n";
?>OO example
php
<?php
$fmt = new NumberFormatter( 'de_DE', NumberFormatter::DECIMAL );
echo "Pattern: ".$fmt->getPattern()."\n";
echo $fmt->format(1234567.891234567890000)."\n";
$fmt->setPattern("#0.# kg");
echo "Pattern: ".$fmt->getPattern()."\n";
echo $fmt->format(1234567.891234567890000)."\n";
?>The above example will output:
output
Pattern: #,##0.###
1.234.567,891
Pattern: #0.# kg
1234567,9 kg