Doc #64252 [Opn->Nab]: add to documentation

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64252&edit=1 ID: 64252 Updated by: frozenfire@php.net Reported by: ray at gurganus dot org Summary: add to documentation -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Documentation Problem Package: Unknown/Other Function Operating System: Windows PHP Version: 5.3.21 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: pack is one of those functions which really is fairly necessarily complicated and hard to document. I don't think there's anything we could add to the documentation that could possibly clear things up. I've used pack and unpack extensively, and I feel your pain, but unless you have a suggestion, I don't think there's a solution. As for your example, I think the documentation is actually pretty clear about how to pack a hex string. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-02-20 16:14:22] ray at gurganus dot org Description: ------------ The documentation on the pack() function could be a little clearer. I needed a function that would receive a hex string and output binary for creating an image. The first time I read the documentation page, I had no idea this is the answer I was looking for, and eventually found it in someone else's code. Here's the code I have that returns the output I needed. $GIF = "CCFFCC009900...." (etc) $output = pack("H".strlen($GIF),$GIF); ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64252&edit=1