note 102709 added to language.types.string

I recently discovered the joys of using heredoc with sprintf and positions. Useful if you want some code to iterate, you can repeat placeholders.

<?php

function getNumber($num = 0) {
	$foo = rand(1,20);
	return ($foo + $num);
}
function getString() {
	$foo = array("California","Oregon","Washington");
	shuffle($foo);
	return $foo[0];
}
function getDiv() {
	$num = getNumber();
	$div = sprintf( "<div>%s</div>", getNumber(rand(-5,5)) );
	return $div;
}
$string = <<<THESTRING
I like the state of %1\$s <br />
I picked: %2\$d as a number, <br />
I also picked %2\$d as a number again <br />
%3\$s<br />
%3\$s<br />
%3\$s<br />
%3\$s<br />
%3\$s<br />
THESTRING;

$returnText = sprintf(  $string, getString(),getNumber(),getDiv()  );

echo $returnText;

?>
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Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php
Edit        -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/102709
Del: integrated  -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/102709/integrated
Del: useless     -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/102709/useless
Del: bad code    -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/102709/bad+code
Del: spam        -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/102709/spam
Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/102709/non-english
Del: in docs     -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/102709/in+docs
Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/102709
Reject      -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/102709
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