note 51219 added to function.number-format

I was looking for an easy way to take a number (or string) and force into a specific format. I came up with. I apologize if this is redundant, but I could not find a simular function: /*********************************** * string_format ***********************************/ function string_format($format, $string, $placeHolder = "#") { $numMatches = preg_match_all("/($placeHolder+)/", $format, $matches); foreach ($matches[0] as $match) { $matchLen = strlen($match); $format = preg_replace("/$placeHolder+/", substr($string, 0, $matchLen), $format, 1); $string = substr($string, $matchLen); } return $format; } To Use: print string_format("(###)###-####", "4015551212"); will print out: (401)555-1212 Hope this helps someone, CF ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.number-format.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+51219 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51219&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51219&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51219&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51219&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51219&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+51219&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php