PHP bin2hex() Function

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PHP bin2hex()

The bin2hex() function converts a string of binary characters to hexadecimal values.

Example

PHP Compiler
<?php echo bin2hex("1010"); ?>

Output

31303130

Syntax

bin2hex(str)

Parameter Values

ValueTypeExplanation
strRequiredSpecifies the string to be converted.

Return Value

ValueExplanation
NumberReturns an ASCII string containing the hexadecimal representation of str.

More Example

In the following example, we will use the hex2bin() and pack() functions to convert the hexadecimal value back to the binary value.

Example

PHP Compiler
<?php $bin = "Wikimass.com"; echo "<br>convert binary to hexadecimal"; $hex = bin2hex($bin); echo "<br> hexadecimal = " .$hex; echo "<br>convert hexadecimal back to binary"; $bin = hex2bin($hex); echo "<br> binary = " .$bin; echo "<br>convert hexadecimal back to binary"; $bin1 = pack("H*", $hex); echo "<br> binary = " .$bin1; ?>

Output

convert binary to hexadecimal hexadecimal = 57696b696d6173732e636f6d convert hexadecimal back to binary binary = Wikimass.com convert hexadecimal back to binary binary = Wikimass.com

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