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<h1 class="refname">MessageFormatter::getErrorMessage</h1>
<h1 class="refname">msgfmt_get_error_message</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">MessageFormatter::getErrorMessage</span> -- <span class="refname">msgfmt_get_error_message</span> — <span class="dc-title">Get the error text from the last operation</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-messageformatter.geterrormessage-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<p class="para">
Object oriented style
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<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="type">string</span>
<span class="methodname"><strong>MessageFormatter::getErrorMessage</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Procedural style
</p>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">string</span>
<span class="methodname"><strong>msgfmt_get_error_message</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.messageformatter.html" class="type MessageFormatter">MessageFormatter</a></span> <code class="parameter">$fmt</code></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Get the error text from the last operation.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-messageformatter.geterrormessage-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
<dl>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">fmt</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The message formatter
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</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-messageformatter.geterrormessage-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Description of the last error.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-messageformatter.geterrormessage-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<div class="example" id="example-2579">
<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>msgfmt_get_error_message()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$fmt </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">msgfmt_create</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"en_US"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"{0, number} monkeys on {1, number} trees"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$str </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">msgfmt_format</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt</span><span style="color: #007700">, array());<br />if(!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$str</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"ERROR: "</span><span style="color: #007700">.</span><span style="color: #0000BB">msgfmt_get_error_message</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt</span><span style="color: #007700">) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">" (" </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">msgfmt_get_error_code</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt</span><span style="color: #007700">) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">")\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example" id="example-2580">
<p><strong>Example #2 OO example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$fmt </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">MessageFormatter</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"en_US"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"{0, number} monkeys on {1, number} trees"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$str </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">format</span><span style="color: #007700">(array());<br />if(!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$str</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"ERROR: "</span><span style="color: #007700">.</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getErrorMessage</span><span style="color: #007700">() . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">" (" </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getErrorCode</span><span style="color: #007700">() . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">")\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<p class="para">The above example will output:</p>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
ERROR: msgfmt_format: not enough parameters: U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR (1)
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-messageformatter.geterrormessage-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="messageformatter.geterrorcode.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">msgfmt_get_error_code()</a> - Get the error code from last operation</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.intl-get-error-code.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">intl_get_error_code()</a> - Get the last error code</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.intl-is-failure.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">intl_is_failure()</a> - Check whether the given error code indicates failure</span></li>
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