Command in PHP like % in python (parameterized strings)

Question

In python, we can write COMMAND("%s.pdf"%param). How is it possible to do the same in PHP, e.g.

<iframe src="/example/%user_input.pdf"%param width="100%" height="100px"> </iframe>

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score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 27 '21 at 19:24

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You're looking for sprintf. See the PHP manual: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.sprintf.php

`<?php
$num = 5;
$location = 'tree';

$format = 'There are %d monkeys in the %s';
echo sprintf($format, $num, $location);
?>`

answered Feb 27 '21 at 19:24

David Brossard

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 27 '21 at 19:36

I think the closest to Python 2 named parameter string formatting is strtr:

<?php

$params = [
  '%user_input' => 'hello',
];

?>

<iframe src="<?php print strtr('/example/%user_input.pdf', $params); ?>" width="100%" height="100px"> </iframe>

This function does simple text replacements. It does not supoort variable type hints.

Command in PHP like % in python (parameterized strings)

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