PHP chr function

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chr

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

chr — Return a specific characterDescriptionstring chr ( int ascii )

Returns a one-character string containing the character specified
by ascii.

Example 1. chr() example

$str = "The string ends in escape: ";
$str .= chr(27); /* add an escape character at the end of $str */
 
/* Often this is more useful */
 
$str = sprintf("The string ends in escape: %c", 27);

You can find an ASCII-table over here: http://www.asciitable.com.

This function complements ord(). See also
sprintf() with a format string of
%c.

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2.26.07 / 1am
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