php sprintf with array

Question

I have an array witch match string placeholders as follow:

"some text %s another text %s extra text %s" 

and the array:

$array[0] match the first %s  $array[1] match the second %s  $array[2] match the third %s  

I thought it could be done using the sprintf function as follow:

$content = sprintf("some text %s another text %s extra text %s", $array); 

but this return the too few arguments error, i tried to use implode:

$content = sprintf("some text %s another text %s extra text %s", implode(",",$array)); 

thanks in advance

Answer 1

Use vsprintf instead of sprintf. It takes an array parameter from which it formats the string.

$content = vsprintf("some text %s another text %s extra text %s", $array); 

Answer 2

An alternative to vsprintf in PHP 5.6+

sprintf("some text %s another text %s extra text %s", ...$array);