> -----Original Message----- > From: Tijnema [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 30 May 2007 15:20 > To: php > Subject: [PHP] Best way to convert Little-Endian DWORD to string > > > Hi, > > Maybe quite strange question and quite off topic, but there's PHP > involved :) > > I want to read out files, and then I come across 4byte DWORD values, > they are stored in little endian values, but how do I get in a PHP > string (as the values are too large for integer) > > My code is currently this: > $data = fread($fp,4); > $value = > (ord(substr($data,3,1))*256*256*256)+(ord(substr($data,2,1))*256*2 > 56)+(ord(substr($data,1,1))*256)+(ord(substr($data,0,1))); > > and now $value contains the value of the DWORD, it works fine, but it > seems that it could be done a lot easier :) > Anyone experience with it?
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