PHP equivalent of Python's `str.format` method?

Question

Is there an equivalent of Python str.format in PHP?

In Python:

\"my {} {} cat\".format(\"red\", \"fat\")

All I see I can d

Answer 1

I know it's an old question, but I believe strtr with replace pairs deserves to be mentioned:

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

strtr — Translate characters or replace substrings

Description:

strtr ( string $str , string $from , string $to ) : string
strtr ( string $str , array $replace_pairs ) : string

 "two",
        "{test2}" => "four",
        "test1" => "three",
        "test" => "one"
    ]
));

?>

this code would output:

string(22) "one two two three four" 

Same output is generated even if you change the array items order:

 "one",
        "test1" => "three",
        "{test1}" => "two",
        "{test2}" => "four"
    ]
));

?>

string(22) "one two two three four"