note 87031 added to function.vsprintf

Here's the new version of vnsprintf() Thanks to "César Kästli" and "Jan Ulrych" <?php function vnsprintf( $format, array $data) { preg_match_all( '/ (?<!%) % ( (?: [[:alpha:]_-][[:alnum:]_-]* | ([-+])? [0-9]+ (?(2) (?:\.[0-9]+)? | \.[0-9]+ ) ) ) \$ [-+]? \'? .? -? [0-9]* (\.[0-9]+)? \w/x', $format, $match, PREG_SET_ORDER | PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE); $offset = 0; $keys = array_keys($data); foreach( $match as &$value ) { if ( ( $key = array_search( $value[1][0], $keys, TRUE) ) !== FALSE || ( is_numeric( $value[1][0] ) && ( $key = array_search( (int)$value[1][0], $keys, TRUE) ) !== FALSE) ) { $len = strlen( $value[1][0]); $format = substr_replace( $format, 1 + $key, $offset + $value[1][1], $len); $offset -= $len - strlen( 1 + $key); } } return vsprintf( $format, $data); } $example = array( 0 => 'first', 'second' => 'second', 'third', 4.2 => 'fourth', 'fifth', -6.7 => 'sixth', 'seventh', 'eighth', '9' => 'ninth', 'tenth' => 'tenth', '-11.3' => 'eleventh', 'twelfth' ); echo vnsprintf( '%1$s %2$s %3$s %4$s %5$s %6$s %7$s %8$s %9$s %10$s %11$s %12$s<br />', $example); // acts like vsprintf echo vnsprintf( '%+0$s %second$s %+1$s %+4$s %+5$s %-6.5$s %+6$s %+7$s %+9$s %tenth$s %-11.3$s %+10$s<br />', $example); ?> ---- Server IP: 200.185.126.110 Probable Submitter: 189.71.31.224 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.vsprintf.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/87031 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87031/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87031/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87031/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87031/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87031/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87031/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/87031 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/87031 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php