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<h1 class="refname">NumberFormatter::create</h1>
<h1 class="refname">numfmt_create</h1>
<h1 class="refname">NumberFormatter::__construct</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">NumberFormatter::create</span> -- <span class="refname">numfmt_create</span> -- <span class="refname">NumberFormatter::__construct</span> — <span class="dc-title">Create a number formatter</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-numberformatter.create-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<p class="para">
Object oriented style (method)
</p>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="modifier">static</span>
<span class="type"><a href="class.numberformatter.html" class="type NumberFormatter">NumberFormatter</a></span>
<span class="methodname"><strong>NumberFormatter::create</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$locale</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$style</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$pattern</code></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Procedural style
</p>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type"><a href="class.numberformatter.html" class="type NumberFormatter">NumberFormatter</a></span>
<span class="methodname"><strong>numfmt_create</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$locale</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$style</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$pattern</code></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Object oriented style (constructor):
</p>
<div class="constructorsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span>
<span class="methodname"><strong>NumberFormatter::__construct()</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$locale</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$style</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$pattern</code></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Creates a number formatter.
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-numberformatter.create-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
<dl>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">locale</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Locale in which the number would be formatted (locale name, e.g. en_CA).
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">style</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Style of the formatting, one of the
<a href="class.numberformatter.html#intl.numberformatter-constants.unumberformatstyle" class="link">
format style</a> constants. If
<strong><code>NumberFormatter::PATTERN_DECIMAL</code></strong>
or <strong><code>NumberFormatter::PATTERN_RULEBASED</code></strong>
is passed then the number format is opened using the given pattern,
which must conform to the syntax described in
<a href="http://www.icu-project.org/apiref/icu4c/classDecimalFormat.html#details" class="link external">» ICU DecimalFormat
documentation</a> or
<a href="http://www.icu-project.org/apiref/icu4c/classRuleBasedNumberFormat.html#details" class="link external">» ICU RuleBasedNumberFormat
documentation</a>, respectively.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">pattern</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Pattern string if the chosen style requires a pattern.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
</p>
</div>
<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-numberformatter.create-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns <a href="class.numberformatter.html" class="classname">NumberFormatter</a> object or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on error.
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-numberformatter.create-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<div class="example" id="example-2502">
<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>numfmt_create()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents">
<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">numfmt_create</span><span style="color: #007700">( </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'de_DE'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">NumberFormatter</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">DECIMAL </span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">numfmt_format</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1234567.891234567890000</span><span style="color: #007700">).</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">numfmt_create</span><span style="color: #007700">( </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'it'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">NumberFormatter</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">SPELLOUT </span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">numfmt_format</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1142</span><span style="color: #007700">).</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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</code></div>
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<div class="example" id="example-2503">
<p><strong>Example #2 <span class="function"><strong>NumberFormatter::create()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$fmt </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">NumberFormatter</span><span style="color: #007700">( </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'de_DE'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">NumberFormatter</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">DECIMAL </span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">format</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">1234567.891234567890000</span><span style="color: #007700">).</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">NumberFormatter</span><span style="color: #007700">( </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'it'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">NumberFormatter</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">SPELLOUT </span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">format</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">1142</span><span style="color: #007700">).</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<p class="para">The above example will output:</p>
<div class="example-contents screen">
<div class="cdata"><pre>
1.234.567,891
millicentoquarantadue
</pre></div>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-numberformatter.create-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="numberformatter.format.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">numfmt_format()</a> - Format a number</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="numberformatter.parse.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">numfmt_parse()</a> - Parse a number</span></li>
</ul>
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