Re: Converting a string into ASCII and a bit more - newbie

Thanks Matthew, Got it going finally. Would you be able to help in my further question? Alp "Matthew Fonda" <mfonda@dotgeek.org> wrote in message news:1100508802.23775.0.camel@mlinux... > This ought to work: > <?php > $string = 'ABCDEFGHIJ'; > $chars = preg_split('//', $string, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY); > for ($i = 0; $i < count($chars); $i++) { > $chars[$i] = ord($chars[$i]); > //$chars[$i] = ord($chars[$i]) + 10; > } > $string = implode('', $chars); > ?> > > On Sun, 2004-11-14 at 22:32, Alp wrote: > > Hi, > > > > My question could have quite stright forward answer or the question itself > > might be silly but being a newbie, I'll ask it anyway. > > First I am trying to convert each character in a string into their > > respective ASCII codes and then keep these again in a string. Such as: > > string : ABCDEFGHIJ, expect to see in the result : 65666768697071727374 > > Then I would like to further manipulate this result with some math, say add > > 10 to each pair (the ascii code) so the new result becomes: > > 75767778798081828384 > > For my first attempt I tried: > > $x=1 > > while ($x<=strlen($string)) { > > $holder = ord(substr($string, $x, 1)); > > $result = $result . $holder; > > } > > and failed since it takes ages to process and does not really return a > > proper value/result but repetitive number such as 11111.......... > > I have also tried a 'for' example I found which failed as well. > > I truely hope an expert here could show me some light and point me in the > > right direction. > > I have 2 sets installed on my PC as PHPDEV423 and XAMPP 1.4.9 (set to use > > php4) and it fails in both. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Alp > > P.S.: I hope I have posted this in the correct NG > -- > Regards, > Matthew Fonda