1--TEST-- 2Test sscanf() function : basic functionality - char format 3--FILE-- 4<?php 5 6/* Prototype : mixed sscanf ( string $str , string $format [, mixed &$... ] ) 7 * Description: Parses input from a string according to a format 8 * Source code: ext/standard/string.c 9*/ 10 11echo "*** Testing sscanf() : basic functionality - using char format ***\n"; 12 13$str = "X = A + B - C"; 14$format = "%c = %c + %c - %c"; 15 16echo "\n-- Try sccanf() WITHOUT optional args --\n"; 17// extract details using short format 18list($arg1, $arg2, $arg3, $arg4) = sscanf($str, $format); 19var_dump($arg1, $arg2, $arg3, $arg4); 20 21echo "\n-- Try sccanf() WITH optional args --\n"; 22// extract details using long format 23$res = sscanf($str, $format, $arg1, $arg2, $arg3, $arg4); 24var_dump($res, $arg1, $arg2, $arg3, $arg4); 25 26?> 27===DONE=== 28--EXPECT-- 29*** Testing sscanf() : basic functionality - using char format *** 30 31-- Try sccanf() WITHOUT optional args -- 32string(1) "X" 33string(1) "A" 34string(1) "B" 35string(1) "C" 36 37-- Try sccanf() WITH optional args -- 38int(4) 39string(1) "X" 40string(1) "A" 41string(1) "B" 42string(1) "C" 43===DONE===