Return a formatted string

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# vsprintf

(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5)

vsprintf — Return a formatted string

### Description

string vsprintf ( string `$format` , array `$args` )

Operates as sprintf() but accepts an array of arguments, rather than a variable number of arguments.

### Parameters

`format`

  See sprintf() for a description of `format`.

`args`

### Return Values

Return array values as a formatted string according to `format` (which is described in the documentation for sprintf()).

### Examples

Example #1 vsprintf(): zero-padded integers

`<?php
print vsprintf("%04d-%02d-%02d", explode('-', '1988-8-1')); // 1988-08-01
?>`

### See Also

- sprintf() - Return a formatted string
- vprintf() - Output a formatted string

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