[PHP] Missing data types?

[René Fournier]

I need to pack() data in PHP according to a typedef'ed C format 
structure, but there seems to be two problems (as per the docs: 
http://ca.php.net/manual/en/function.pack.php).

First, in PHP there is no format option for "long signed integers, 
big-endian byte order", just "signed long (always 32 bit, machine byte 
order)". Or am I missing something?

Second—and I guess this is not a problem with PHP per se, just a 
question of interpretation—the client specifications call for a certain 
10-digit string to be packed as char (" char[10] "). But "char" is just 
a single character right? Or do you think the docs essentially mean 
packing it as an alpha? (Whose length can be specified.)

$str = "1234567890";
$packed = pack("a10string",$str);
...Rene
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