sprintf($str1, $str2)—把$str1中的百分号（%）符号替换成$str2

会替换%及其后一个实体字符；

$str1 = ' There are %u million cars in %s ' ;

$number = 2 ;
$str = " Shanghai " ;
$txt = sprintf( $str1, $number, $str ) ;

echo $txt;

//输出 There are 2 million cars in Shanghai