PHP pack() Function
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Definition and Usage
The pack() function packs data into a binary string.
Syntax
| Parameter |
Description |
| format |
Required. Specifies the format to use when packing data.
Possible values:
- a - NUL-padded string
- A - SPACE-padded string
- h - Hex string, low nibble first
- H - Hex string, high nibble first
- c - signed char
- C - unsigned char
- s - signed short (always 16 bit, machine byte order)
- S - unsigned short (always 16 bit, machine byte order)
- n - unsigned short (always 16 bit, big endian byte order)
- v - unsigned short (always 16 bit, little endian byte order)
- i - signed integer (machine dependent size and byte order)
- I - unsigned integer (machine dependent size and byte order)
- l - signed long (always 32 bit, machine byte order)
- L - unsigned long (always 32 bit, machine byte order)
- N - unsigned long (always 32 bit, big endian byte order)
- V - unsigned long (always 32 bit, little endian byte order)
- f - float (machine dependent size and representation)
- d - double (machine dependent size and representation)
- x - NUL byte
- X - Back up one byte
- @ - NUL-fill to absolute position
|
| args+ |
Optional. Specifies one or more arguments to be packed |
Example 1
<?php
echo pack("C3",80,72,80);
?>
The output of the code above will be:
Example 2
<?php
echo pack("C*",80,72,80);
?>
The output of the code above will be:
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