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<refentry xml:id="messageformatter.getpattern" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>MessageFormatter::getPattern</refname>
  <refname>msgfmt_get_pattern</refname>
  <refpurpose>Get the pattern used by the formatter</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <para>
   &style.oop;
  </para>
  <methodsynopsis role="MessageFormatter">
   <modifier>public</modifier> <type class="union"><type>string</type><type>false</type></type><methodname>MessageFormatter::getPattern</methodname>
   <void/>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   &style.procedural;
  </para>
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type class="union"><type>string</type><type>false</type></type><methodname>msgfmt_get_pattern</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>MessageFormatter</type><parameter>formatter</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Get the pattern used by the formatter
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>formatter</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The message formatter
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>


 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   The pattern <type>string</type> for this message formatter, &return.falseforfailure;.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <example>
   <title><function>msgfmt_get_pattern</function> example</title>
   <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$fmt = msgfmt_create( "en_US", "{0, number} monkeys on {1, number} trees" );
echo "Default pattern: '" . msgfmt_get_pattern( $fmt ) . "'\n";
echo "Formatting result: " . msgfmt_format( $fmt, array(123, 456) ) . "\n";

msgfmt_set_pattern( $fmt, "{0, number} trees hosting {1, number} monkeys" );
echo "New pattern: '" . msgfmt_get_pattern( $fmt ) . "'\n";
echo "Formatted number: " . msgfmt_format( $fmt, array(123, 456) ) . "\n";
?>
]]>
   </programlisting>
  </example>
  <example>
   <title>OO example</title>
   <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$fmt = new MessageFormatter( "en_US", "{0, number} monkeys on {1, number} trees" );
echo "Default pattern: '" . $fmt->getPattern() . "'\n";
echo "Formatting result: " . $fmt->format(array(123, 456)) . "\n";

$fmt->setPattern("{0, number} trees hosting {1, number} monkeys" );
echo "New pattern: '" . $fmt->getPattern() . "'\n";
echo "Formatted number: " . $fmt->format(array(123, 456)) . "\n";
?>
]]>
   </programlisting>
  </example>
  &example.outputs;
  <screen>
<![CDATA[
Default pattern: '{0,number} monkeys on {1,number} trees'
Formatting result: 123 monkeys on 456 trees
New pattern: '{0,number} trees hosting {1,number} monkeys'
Formatted number: 123 trees hosting 456 monkeys
]]>
  </screen>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>msgfmt_create</function></member>
    <member><function>msgfmt_set_pattern</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>
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