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<h1 class="refname">printf</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">printf</span> — <span class="dc-title">Output a formatted string</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">int</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>printf</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$format</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <code class="parameter">$args</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <code class="parameter">$...</code></span>
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Produces output according to <code class="parameter">format</code>.
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<code class="parameter">format</code></dt>
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See <span class="function"><a href="function.sprintf.html" class="function">sprintf()</a></span> for a description of
<code class="parameter">format</code>.
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<code class="parameter">args</code></dt>
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<code class="parameter">...</code></dt>
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Returns the length of the outputted string.
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.print.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">print</a> - Output a string</span></li>
<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.sprintf.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">sprintf()</a> - Return a formatted string</span></li>
<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.vprintf.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">vprintf()</a> - Output a formatted string</span></li>
<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.sscanf.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">sscanf()</a> - Parses input from a string according to a format</span></li>
<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.fscanf.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fscanf()</a> - Parses input from a file according to a format</span></li>
<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.flush.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">flush()</a> - Flush system output buffer</span></li>
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