Posted by Toby A Inkster on 07/16/07 14:25

Markus wrote:

> print 'text '.$var.' more text '.$arr['foo'].' '.$obj->bar.'st time';

printf( 'text %s more text %s %d time',
$var, $arr['foo'], ordinal($obj->bar));

function ordinal ($number, $lang='en')
{
$number = (int)$number;

if ($lang=='en')
{
if ($number==11) return '11th';
if ($number==12) return '12th';
if ($number==13) return '13th';

switch ($number % 10)
{
case 1: return "{$number}st";
case 2: return "{$number}nd";
case 3: return "{$number}rd";
default: return "{$number}th";
}
}
else
return $number;
}

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