NumberFormatter::setSymbol
numfmt_set_symbol
(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)
NumberFormatter::setSymbol -- numfmt_set_symbol — Set a symbol value
Description
Object-oriented style
public NumberFormatter::setSymbol(int
$symbol, string $value): boolProcedural style
Set a symbol associated with the formatter. The formatter uses symbols to represent the special locale-dependent characters in a number, for example the percent sign. This API is not supported for rule-based formatters.
Parameters
-
formatter -
NumberFormatter object.
-
symbol -
Symbol specifier, one of the format symbol constants.
-
value -
Text for the symbol.
Return Values
Returns true on success or false on failure.
Examples
Example #1 numfmt_set_symbol() example
<?php
$fmt = numfmt_create( 'de_DE', NumberFormatter::DECIMAL );
echo "Sep: ".numfmt_get_symbol($fmt, NumberFormatter::GROUPING_SEPARATOR_SYMBOL)."\n";
echo numfmt_format($fmt, 1234567.891234567890000)."\n";
numfmt_set_symbol($fmt, NumberFormatter::GROUPING_SEPARATOR_SYMBOL, "*");
echo "Sep: ".numfmt_get_symbol($fmt, NumberFormatter::GROUPING_SEPARATOR_SYMBOL)."\n";
echo numfmt_format($fmt, 1234567.891234567890000)."\n";
?>
Example #2 OO example
<?php
$fmt = new NumberFormatter( 'de_DE', NumberFormatter::DECIMAL );
echo "Sep: ".$fmt->getSymbol(NumberFormatter::GROUPING_SEPARATOR_SYMBOL)."\n";
echo $fmt->format(1234567.891234567890000)."\n";
$fmt->setSymbol(NumberFormatter::GROUPING_SEPARATOR_SYMBOL, "*");
echo "Sep: ".$fmt->getSymbol(NumberFormatter::GROUPING_SEPARATOR_SYMBOL)."\n";
echo $fmt->format(1234567.891234567890000)."\n";
?>
The above example will output:
Sep: . 1.234.567,891 Sep: * 1*234*567,891
See Also
- numfmt_get_error_code() - Get formatter's last error code
- numfmt_get_symbol() - Get a symbol value
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