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Product Unit Formatting 

Format Source 

Product Unit formats may be found in messages.<locale>.yml.

Here is an example of format configuration for en_US:

product_unit.kg:
    label:
        full: kilogramm
        short: kg
    value:
        full: '{0} none|{1} one kilogram|]1,Inf] %count% kilograms'
        short: '{0} none|{1} one kg|]1,Inf] %count% kg'

Possible format placeholders:

  • count - product unit value

PHP Product Unit Value Formatter 

Class: Oro\Bundle\ProductBundle\Formatter\UnitValueFormatter

Service id: oro_product.formatter.unit_value

Formats product unit value based on the given product unit.

Methods and Examples of Usage 

format 

string public format*(float|integer *value, ProductUnit unit)

This method can be used to format the value that is of float or integer type.

To format value, unit parameter must be passed and it must be instance of ProductUnit class.

Format:

product_unit.kg:
    label:
        full: kilogramm
        short: kg
    value:
        full: '{0} none|{1} one kilogram|]1,Inf] %count% kilograms'
        short: '{0} none|{1} one kg|]1,Inf] %count% kg'

Code:

// $unit implements ProductUnit
$unit->setCode('kg');

$formatter = $this->container->get('oro_product.formatter.unit_value');
echo $formatter->format(5, $unit);

Outputs:

5 kilograms

formatShort 

string public formatShort*(float|integer *value, ProductUnit unit)

This method can be used to format a value that is of float or integer type.

To format value, unit parameters must be passed and it must be instance of ProductUnit class.

Format:

product_unit.kg:
    label:
        full: kilogram
        short: kg
    value:
        full: '{0} none|{1} one kilogram|]1,Inf] %count% kilograms'
        short: '{0} none|{1} one kg|]1,Inf] %count% kg'

Code:

// $unit implements ProductUnit
$unit->setCode('kg');

$formatter = $this->container->get('oro_product.formatter.unit_value');
echo $formatter->formatShort(5, $unit);

Outputs:

5 kg

formatCode 

string public formatCode*(float|integer *value, string unitCode, bool isShort = false)

This method can be used to format a value that is of float or integer type, in full or short form, based on specified the product unit code.

Format:

product_unit.kg:
    label:
        full: kilogram
        short: kg
    value:
        full: '{0} none|{1} one kilogram|]1,Inf] %count% kilograms'
        short: '{0} none|{1} one kg|]1,Inf] %count% kg'

Code:

$formatter = $this->container->get('oro_product.formatter.unit_value');
echo $formatter->formatCode(5, 'kg');

Outputs:

5 kilograms

Twig 

Filters 

  • oro_format_product_unit_value

    This filter uses the format method from the product unit value formatter, and has the same logic.

    {{ value|oro_format_product_unit_value(unit) }}
    
  • oro_format_short_product_unit_value

    This filter uses the formatShort method from the product unit value formatter, and has the same logic.

    {{ value|oro_format_short_product_unit_value(unit) }}
    
  • oro_format_product_unit_code

    This filter uses the formatCode method from the product unit value formatter, and has the same logic.

    {{ value|oro_format_product_unit_code(unitCode, isShort) }}
    
  • oro_format_product_unit_label

    This filter uses the format method from the product unit label formatter, and has the same logic.

    {{ value|oro_format_product_unit_label(code) }}
    
  • oro_format_short_product_unit_label

    This filter is an alias of oro_format_product_unit_label with pre-specified argument isShort set to true.

    {{ value|oro_format_short_product_unit_label(code) }}
    

PHP Product Unit Label Formatter 

Class: Oro\Bundle\ProductBundle\Formatter\UnitLabelFormatter

Service id: oro_product.formatter.unit_label

Formats product unit label.

Methods and Examples of Usage 

format 

string public format*(string *code, bool isShort = false, bool isPlural = false)

This method can be used to format product unit label in either full or short form, and in single or plural form.

Code:

$formatter = $this->container->get('oro_product.formatter.unit_label');
echo $formatter->format('item', false, true);

Outputs:

items

formatChoices 

string public formatChoices*(array *units, bool isShort = false, bool isPlural = false)

This method can be used to get the choices array of product units codes and corresponding labels out of ProductUnit objects. You can can choose either full or short form, and single or plural form.

Code:

// $unitKg implements ProductUnit
$unitKg->setCode('kg');

// $unitItem implements ProductUnit
$unitItem->setCode('item');

$formatter = $this->container->get('oro_product.formatter.unit_label');
var_dump($formatter->formatChoices([$unitKg, $unitItem], false, true));

Outputs:

array(2) {
  'kg' => string(9) "kilograms",
  'item' => string(5) "items",
}