<?php

/**
 * same as sprintf() except here you insert an array
 *
 * @author Iltar van der Berg
 * @version 1.1.0
 * 
 * @param string $input
 * @param array $array
 * @return string
 */
function sprintf_array($input, $array)
{	
	if(is_array($input))
	{
		die('<strong>sprintf_array:</strong> $input cannot be an array');
	}
	
	if(!is_array($array))
	{
		die('<strong>sprintf_array:</strong> $array must be an array');
	}
	
	if(count($array) == 0)
	{
		die('<strong>sprintf_array:</strong> $array must contain atleast 1 item');
	}
	
	$output = "\$output = sprintf('" . $input . "', '" . implode("', '", $array) . "');";
	
	eval($output);
	
	return $output;
}

// voorbeeld
$string = 'something like %s, is wrong. %s';
$array  = array('this', 'right?');
$view   = sprintf_array($string, $array);

echo $view;
?>