Core Function BinaryFromStr

BinaryFromStr( <string>, <flag> )

Description

Returns a new binary variable created from a strings raw bytes

Parameters

string

The string to use.

flag

Optional; Encoding to use.

Choices are:

"ASCII" = Each byte will directly be converted to a single character and returned as a string

"UTF8" = Similar to ASCII but uses 2 bytes of one for each character of the string it will make

"UNICODE" = Alias to UTF8 (or whatever Sputnik is using for Unicode strings)

Some more options (Unlikely to be used)

"UTF7"

"UTF32"

Default: "ASCII"

Return Value

Returns a new binary variable created from a strings raw bytes

Remarks

None.

Example

ASCII Example

$binary = Pack("A*", "Hello World!");
$binStr = BinaryToStr($binary);
echo "String Content: $binStr\n";
// Prints:
// String Content: Hello World!