String Functions in PHP: Part 12

Introduction

In this article I describe the PHP string functions print, printf and quoted_printable_decode. To learn some other math functions, go to:

PHP print() function

The PHP string print() function displays the output in the browser or outputs one or more strings.

Syntax

print(strings)

Parameter in print function

The parameter of the print function is:

Parameter	Description
strings	It specifies the input data.

Example

An example of the print function is:

<?php

print "Welcome";

$str=" at MCN Solution";

print $str;

Output

PHP printf() function

The PHP string printf() function outputs a formatted string.

Syntax

printf(format.arg1,arg2,..............)

Parameter in printf function

The parameters of the printf function are:

Parameter	Description
format	It specifies the string and specifies how to format the variables in it.
arg1	It specifies the argument.
arg2	It also specifies another argument.

Example

An example of the printf function is:

<?php

$var = "MCN";

$number = 1;

printf("%s Solution. Rank no %u",$var,$number);

?>

Output

PHP quoted_printable_decode() function

The PHP string quoted_printable_decode() function convert a quoted-printable string to an 8 bit string.

Syntax

quoted_printable_decode(string)

Parameter in quoted_printable_decode function

The parameters of the quoted_printable_decode function is:

Parameter	Description
strings	It specifies the quoted-printable string to decode.

Example

An example of the quoted_printable_decode function is:

<?php

$str = "MCN=0ASolution.";

echo quoted_printable_decode($str);

Output