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# NumberFormatter::create

# numfmt_create

# NumberFormatter::__construct

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

NumberFormatter::create -- numfmt_create -- NumberFormatter::__construct — Create a number formatter

### Description

Object oriented style (method)

public static NumberFormatter NumberFormatter::create ( string `$locale` , int `$style` [, string `$pattern` ] )

Procedural style

NumberFormatter numfmt_create ( string `$locale` , int `$style` [, string `$pattern` ] )

Object oriented style (constructor):

public NumberFormatter::__construct() ( string `$locale` , int `$style` [, string `$pattern` ] )

Creates a number formatter.

### Parameters

`locale`

  Locale in which the number would be formatted (locale name, e.g. en_CA).

`style`

  Style of the formatting, one of the format style constants. If `NumberFormatter::PATTERN_DECIMAL` or `NumberFormatter::PATTERN_RULEBASED` is passed then the number format is opened using the given pattern, which must conform to the syntax described in » ICU DecimalFormat documentation or » ICU RuleBasedNumberFormat documentation, respectively.

`pattern`

  Pattern string if the chosen style requires a pattern.

### Return Values

Returns NumberFormatter object or `FALSE` on error.

### Examples

Example #1 numfmt_create() example

`<?php
$fmt = numfmt_create( 'de_DE', NumberFormatter::DECIMAL );
echo numfmt_format($fmt, 1234567.891234567890000)."\n";
$fmt = numfmt_create( 'it', NumberFormatter::SPELLOUT );
echo numfmt_format($fmt, 1142)."\n";
?>`

Example #2 NumberFormatter::create() example

`<?php
$fmt = new NumberFormatter( 'de_DE', NumberFormatter::DECIMAL );
echo $fmt->format(1234567.891234567890000)."\n";
$fmt = new NumberFormatter( 'it', NumberFormatter::SPELLOUT );
echo $fmt->format(1142)."\n";
?>`

The above example will output:

    1.234.567,891
    millicentoquarantadue

### See Also

- numfmt_format() - Format a number
- numfmt_parse() - Parse a number

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