1--TEST-- 2Test sprintf() function : basic functionality - string format 3--FILE-- 4<?php 5/* Prototype : string sprintf(string $format [, mixed $arg1 [, mixed ...]]) 6 * Description: Return a formatted string 7 * Source code: ext/standard/formatted_print.c 8*/ 9 10echo "*** Testing sprintf() : basic functionality - using string format ***\n"; 11 12// Initialise all required variables 13$format = "format"; 14$format1 = "%s"; 15$format2 = "%s %s"; 16$format3 = "%s %s %s"; 17$arg1 = "arg1 argument"; 18$arg2 = "arg2 argument"; 19$arg3 = "arg3 argument"; 20 21// Calling sprintf() with default arguments 22var_dump( sprintf($format) ); 23 24// Calling sprintf() with two arguments 25var_dump( sprintf($format1, $arg1) ); 26 27// Calling sprintf() with three arguments 28var_dump( sprintf($format2, $arg1, $arg2) ); 29 30// Calling sprintf() with four arguments 31var_dump( sprintf($format3, $arg1, $arg2, $arg3) ); 32 33echo "Done"; 34?> 35--EXPECTF-- 36*** Testing sprintf() : basic functionality - using string format *** 37string(6) "format" 38string(13) "arg1 argument" 39string(27) "arg1 argument arg2 argument" 40string(41) "arg1 argument arg2 argument arg3 argument" 41Done 42