Name PHP specifiers in printf() strings

Question

Is there a way in PHP to name my specifiers like in Python?

I want this in PHP:

$foo = array(\'name\' => 24);
printf(\"%(name)d\", $foo);

Answer 1

Use strtr:

$foo = array('%name%' => 24);
strtr("%name%", $foo); // 24

You could also do this:

"${foo['name']}"

Or this:

$name = 24;
"$name"