sprintf examples

gistfile1.php

<?php

$permalink = 'http://www.youtube.com';
$id = 2;
$title = "My book title";
$pub_date = 'January 15th, 2015';
$city = "New York";
$zipcode = '28475';
$name = 'Bobby';
$like = 'WordPress';

//Use this:
echo sprintf( __( 'My name is %s and I like %s' ), $name, $like );

echo '<br />';
//Instead of this:
echo __( 'My name is ' . $name . ' and I like ' . $like );

echo '<br />';

//-------------------------------------------------------
//Use This
echo sprintf( '<a href="%s" id="%d">%s, %s</a>',
		esc_url( $permalink ),
		esc_attr( $id ),
		esc_html( $title ),
		esc_html( $pub_date )
	);

echo '<br />';

//Instead of this:
echo '<a href="' . esc_url( $permalink ) . '" id="' . esc_attr( $id ) . '">' . esc_html( $title ). ', ' . esc_html( $pub_date) . '</a>';

echo '<br />';

//----------------------------------------------------
//An example using argument swapping
echo sprintf( __( 'Your city is %1$s, and your zip code is %2$s.', 'my-text-domain' ), $city, $zipcode );