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printf() and sprintf() Formatting Types

 
Type       Description

%          A literal percent character. No argument is required.

b          The argument is treated as an integer and presented as a binary number.

c          The argument is treated as an integer and presented as the character with that American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) value.

d         The argument is treated as an integer and presented as a (signed) decimal number.

e         The argument is treated as scientific notation (for example, 1.2e+2).

u         The argument is treated as an integer and presented as an unsigned decimal number.

f         The argument is treated as a float and presented as a floating-point number (locale aware).

F         The argument is treated as a float and presented as a floating-point number (nonlocale aware). Available since PHP 4.3.10 and PHP 5.0.3.

o         The argument is treated as an integer and presented as an octal number.

s         The argument is treated and presented as a string.

x         The argument is treated as an integer and presented as a hexadecimal number (with lowercase letters).

X         The argument is treated as an integer and presented as a hexadecimal number (with upper-case letters).








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