PHP ord function

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ord

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

ord — Return ASCII value of characterDescriptionint ord ( string string )

Returns the ASCII value of the first character of
string. This function complements
chr().

Example 1. ord() example

$str = "\n";
if (ord($str) == 10) {
    echo "The first character of \$str is a line feed.\n";
}

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

See also chr().

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2.26.07 / 12am
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