[PHP] Hex2Bin??

I know that there is a built-in function for bin2hex(), but does any body know have any code to do just the opposite, convert hex2bin? -- Joshua E Minnie/CIO [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 616.276.9690 Fax: 616.342.8750 Nextel: 616.862.2847 Don't work for recognition, but always do work worthy of

Re: [PHP] Hex2Bin??

On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Joshua E Minnie wrote: I know that there is a built-in function for bin2hex(), but does any body know have any code to do just the opposite, convert hex2bin? Check the first comment in the manual under bin2hex. miguel -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)

Re: [PHP] Hex2Bin??

Although the first comment was not what I needed, I did find another built-in function that converts between any base, base_convert($number, $frombase, $tobase) worked wonderful for what I needed. Josh Miguel Cruz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...

Re: [PHP] Hex2Bin??

I'd recommend writing a wrapper around base_convert, naming it hex2bin and using that instead. base_convert() is way too expensive for this purpose (you know that any hex figure is translated to exactly four bits, so you don't need any actual conversion - just replacement). This is why I

Re: [PHP] Hex2Bin??

Expensive how? -josh Bogdan Stancescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd recommend writing a wrapper around base_convert, naming it hex2bin and using that instead. base_convert() is way too expensive for this purpose (you know that any hex figure is translated to exactly four bits, so you don't

Re: [PHP] Hex2Bin??

Perhaps you could use something a little more KISS- like rawurldecode(chunk_split ( $hexstring, 2 , %)) not sure if it would be faster than base_convert or not, but it wouldn't be too hard to find out. On Tuesday 30 April 2002 11:50 am, you wrote: Although the first comment was not what I

Re: [PHP] Hex2Bin??

Computation time. CPU cycles. On Tuesday 30 April 2002 13:56 pm, you wrote: Expensive how? -josh Bogdan Stancescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd recommend writing a wrapper around base_convert, naming it hex2bin and using that instead. base_convert() is way too expensive for this

Re: [PHP] Hex2Bin??

Computing-intensive, time-consuming and whatever else expensive functions do ;-) Bogdan Joshua E Minnie wrote: Expensive how? -josh Bogdan Stancescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd recommend writing a wrapper around base_convert, naming it hex2bin and using that instead. base_convert() is way

RE: [PHP] Hex2Bin??

: [PHP] Hex2Bin?? Computing-intensive, time-consuming and whatever else expensive functions do ;-) Bogdan Joshua E Minnie wrote: Expensive how? -josh Bogdan Stancescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd recommend writing a wrapper around base_convert, naming it hex2bin and using