<?php $alpha = 'd'; $new = ord($alpha); echo $new; ?>
The name of the function is ord Pradeep Dsouza Naharonline.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Drabb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Php-General (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 12:27 AM Subject: [PHP] Ascii Value Hey *, In C I can cast a char 'j' to an int and get it's ascii value. Is there a funciton in PHP to do this with a string containing a single char (i.e. "j")? I could write a big switch for all the chars of the alphabet, however I was hoping for a better approach? Jim Drabb -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Never ask a geek why, just nod your head and slowly back away ------------------------------------------------------------- James Drabb JR Programmer Analyst Darden Restaurants Business Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php