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Where can I find some detailed information on the use of such variables as %s ?

Dec 2nd, 2004 12:19
Philip Olson, Jim Parker,

Most likely you're referring to printf or sprintf, see the PHP manual 
for details:
  http://php.net/sprintf
For example:
  $var = 'hello';
  $text = sprintf('I said %s', $var);
  echo $text; // I said hello