Change standard address format on Magento Frontend

I want to change Magento's standard address format on the customer address page. How can I do that?

For those who don't know the address format, it is the method in wich we write the address. For example, the english format for France is this:

Addressee (Natural person/Organization)
More detailed description of addressee (optional)
Housenumber + Streetname
Postal code + uppercase town
Country (if other than France)

The address format for the USA is this:

Name of address
Street number and name
Name of town, State abbreviation + ZIP code
(typical handwritten format)

You can read 开发者_运维问答more at wikipedia. Thanks a lot.

It seems that the config.xml file is no longer used (or just to load the default values into the database).

Go to:

System->Configuration->Customer->Customer Configuration and scroll down to Address Templates.

There you find the same code as in the XML file.

Generally speaking the address formats are contained in app/code/core/Mage/Customer/config.xml look for some markup like this:

...

<default>
  <customer>
    <address_formats> 
     <text><![CDATA[{{depend prefix}}{{var prefix}} {{/depend}}{{var firstname}} {{depend middlename}}{{var middlename}} {{/depend}}{{var lastname}}{{depend suffix}} {{var suffix}}{{/depend}}
{{depend company}}{{var company}}{{/depend}}
{{if street1}}{{var street1}}
{{/if}}
{{depend street2}}{{var street2}}{{/depend}}
{{depend street3}}{{var street3}}{{/depend}}
{{depend street4}}{{var street4}}{{/depend}}
{{if city}}{{var city}},  {{/if}}{{if region}}{{var region}}, {{/if}}{{if postcode}}{{var postcode}}{{/if}}
{{var country}}
T: {{var telephone}}
{{depend fax}}F: {{var fax}}{{/depend}}}]]></text>
    </address_templates>
  </customer>
</default>

...

Magento Render Address as it is defined in magento admin Configuration. You can manage address format by changing address template.

Go to System/Configuration/Customer Configuration/Address Template/Html/ Edit the content as you wish to show.

Similarly you can edit PDF template for changing the pdf view of address.

I have create module for define multiple address format base on county :

Below is simple way to create it.

Create admin module for insert update 'directory_country_format' table.

rewrite Mage_Customer_Block_Address_Renderer_Default class in you module.

override below function

public function getFormat(Mage_Customer_Model_Address_Abstract $address=null)
{
    $countryFormat = is_null($address) ? parent::getFormat($address) :       
     $address->getCountryModel()->getFormat($this->getType()->getCode());
     if (is_object($countryFormat)) {
          $cFormat = $countryFormat->getFormat();
      }

    $format = $countryFormat ?   
    (!empty($cFormat)?$cFormat:$this->getType()->getDefaultFormat()) : 
    $this->getType()->getDefaultFormat();
    return $format;
}

Here is my module which help you for define address formats base on customer country.

http://magentosolution.com/index.php/2014/08/27/magento-address-formats-base-of-country/