Use printf with type specifiers in PHP
Description
The following code shows how to use printf with type specifiers.
Example
//from w ww. j a va2 s.c o m
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1>Type Specifiers in Action</h1>
<?php
$myNumber = 123.45;
printf( "Binary: %b<br/>", $myNumber );
printf( "Character: %c<br/>", $myNumber );
printf( "Decimal: %d<br/>", $myNumber );
printf( "Scientific: %e<br/>", $myNumber );
printf( "Float: %f<br/>", $myNumber );
printf( "Octal: %o<br/>", $myNumber );
printf( "String: %s<br/>", $myNumber );
printf( "Hex (lower case): %x<br/>", $myNumber );
printf( "Hex (upper case): %X<br/>", $myNumber );
?>
</body>
</html>
The code above generates the following result.
