# MessageFormatter::getPattern

# msgfmt_get_pattern

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

MessageFormatter::getPattern -- msgfmt_get_pattern — Get the pattern used by the formatter

### Description

Object oriented style

public MessageFormatter::getPattern ( ) : string

Procedural style

msgfmt_get_pattern ( MessageFormatter `$fmt` ) : string

Get the pattern used by the formatter

### Parameters

`fmt`

  The message formatter

### Return Values

The pattern string for this message formatter

### Examples

Example #1 msgfmt_get_pattern() example

`<?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";
?>`

Example #2 OO example

`<?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";
?>`

The above example will output:

    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

### See Also

- msgfmt_create() - Constructs a new Message Formatter
- msgfmt_set_pattern() - Set the pattern used by the formatter