note 113472 added to function.hex2bin

A drop-in hex2bin emulator which behaves just like the the one in v5.5.1. <?php if (!function_exists('hex2bin')) { function hex2bin($data) { static $old; if ($old === null) { $old = version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.2', '<'); } $isobj = false; if (is_scalar($data) || (($isobj = is_object($data)) && method_exists($data, '__toString'))) { if ($isobj && $old) { ob_start(); echo $data; $data = ob_get_clean(); } else { $data = (string) $data; } } else { trigger_error(__FUNCTION__.'() expects parameter 1 to be string, ' . gettype($data) . ' given', E_USER_WARNING); return;//null in this case } $len = strlen($data); if ($len % 2) { trigger_error(__FUNCTION__.'(): Hexadecimal input string must have an even length', E_USER_WARNING); return false; } if (strspn($data, '0123456789abcdefABCDEF') != $len) { trigger_error(__FUNCTION__.'(): Input string must be hexadecimal string', E_USER_WARNING); return false; } return pack('H*', $data); } } ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.199 Probable Submitter: 219.90.235.20 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.hex2bin.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/113472 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113472/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113472/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113472/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113472/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113472/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113472/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113472 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/113472 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php