note 98528 added to function.pack

Using pack to write Arabic char(s) to a file. <?php $text = "&#13574;&#13830;&#13830;"; $text = mb_convert_encoding($text, "UCS-2BE", "HTML-ENTITIES"); $len = mb_strlen($text); $bom = mb_convert_encoding("&#65534;", "unicode", "HTML-ENTITIES"); $fp = fopen('text.txt', 'w'); fwrite($fp, pack('a2', $bom)); fwrite($fp, pack("a{$len}", $text)); fwrite($fp, pack('a2', $bom)); fwrite($fp, pack('a2', "\n")); fclose($fp); ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 95.170.221.23 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.pack.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/98528 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98528/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98528/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98528/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98528/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98528/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98528/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98528 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/98528 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php