fprintf
    (PHP 5)
fprintf -- Write a formatted string to a stream
Description
int 
fprintf ( resource handle, string format [, mixed args [, mixed ...]] )
     Write a string produced according to format
     to the stream resource specified by handle.
     format is described in the documentation for
     sprintf().
    
     Returns the length of the outputted string.
    
     See also: printf(),
     sprintf(),
     sscanf(), fscanf(), 
     vsprintf(), and
     number_format().
    
Examples
     
| Example 1. fprintf(): zero-padded integers | 
<?phpif (!($fp = fopen('date.txt', 'w')))
 return;
 
 fprintf($fp, "%04d-%02d-%02d", $year, $month, $day);
 // will write the formatted ISO date to date.txt
 ?>
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     | Example 2. fprintf(): formatting currency | 
<?phpif (!($fp = fopen('currency.txt', 'w')))
 return;
 
 $money1 = 68.75;
 $money2 = 54.35;
 $money = $money1 + $money2;
 // echo $money will output "123.1";
 $len = fprintf($fp, '%01.2f', $money);
 // will write "123.10" to currency.txt
 
 echo "wrote $len bytes to currency.txt";
 // use the return value of fprintf to determine how many bytes we wrote
 ?>
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