Write a formatted string to a stream

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# fprintf

(PHP 5)

fprintf — Write a formatted string to a stream

### Description

int fprintf ( resource `$handle` , string `$format` [, mixed `$args` [, mixed `$...` ]] )

Write a string produced according to `format` to the stream resource specified by `handle`.

### Parameters

`handle`

  A file system pointer resource that is typically created using fopen().

`format`

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

`args`

`...`

### Return Values

Returns the length of the string written.

### Examples

Example #1 fprintf(): zero-padded integers

`<?php
if (!($fp = fopen('date.txt', 'w'))) {
return;
}
fprintf($fp, "%04d-%02d-%02d", $year, $month, $day);
// will write the formatted ISO date to date.txt
?>`

Example #2 fprintf(): formatting currency

`<?php
if (!($fp = fopen('currency.txt', 'w'))) {
return;
}
$money1 = 68.75;
$money2 = 54.35;
$money = $money1 + $money2;
// echo $money will output "123.1";
$len = fprintf($fp, '%01.2f', $money);
// will write "123.10" to currency.txt
echo "wrote $len bytes to currency.txt";
// use the return value of fprintf to determine how many bytes we wrote
?>`

### See Also

- printf() - Output a formatted string
- sprintf() - Return a formatted string
- sscanf() - Parses input from a string according to a format
- fscanf() - Parses input from a file according to a format
- vsprintf() - Return a formatted string
- number_format() - Format a number with grouped thousands

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