Re: converting text to binary code

You would want to do something like $normStr = unpack("A*vals',$binStr); All the ascii characters would then be returned in an associative array of $normStr in which you would refer to as ...... $normStr["vals1"] $normStr["vals2"] $normStr["vals3"] ................. and so forth You would probably want to loop thru the array to echo all the values back out. ""Scott Mebberson"" <scott@redbluedesign.com.au> wrote in message news:8p9qnf$a7u$1@toye.php.net... > I have a text field(name=convertStr) in which you enter some text then click > the submit button. > > If thens parses the variable $convertStr to the new script below: > > <?php > $curVersion = ".001"; > > $binStr = pack ("A", "$convertStr"); > $normStr = unpack ("A", $binStr); > > echo ("normal string = $convertStr<br>\n"); > echo ("binary string = $binStr<br>\n"); > echo ("unpacked binary = "normStr[A]<br>\n"); > ?> > > All I want it to do is take $convertStr convert it to binary code and set > the value to $binStr, the decode $binStr back in to text format as $normStr. > > I don't know what method to use. It isn't explained very well at all on > php.net manaual. > > can anybody help me?? > > thanks > > Scott. > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >