note 97517 deleted from function.sprintf by danbrown

Note Submitter: nate ---- @kamm: The heredoc syntax works in the double-quoted parsing mode - your example with $format3 is trying to insert variables $s and $d into the string. You either need to escape the $'s with backslashes, or if you are using php >= 5.3.0, use a "nowdoc" instead of a "heredoc" (nowdocs work in single-quoted parsing mode): <?php // heredoc, you need to escape the $'s $format3 = <<<EOD The %2\$s contains %1\$d monkeys EOD; // php >= 5.3.0, use nowdoc (note single // quotes around opening delimeter) $format3 = <<<'EOD' The %2$s contains %1$d monkeys EOD; // either of above works with: $num = 5; $location = 'jungle'; echo sprintf($format3, $num, $location ); ?>