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Name

chr — Gets the character for a given ASCII code.

Synopsis

string chr(ascii_code); int ascii_code:

Returns

ASCII character; NULL if the given integer is not a valid ASCII code

Description

chr() returns the character associated with the supplied ASCII code. If the integer provided is not a valid ASCII code, the function returns nothing.

Note that the integer can be specified in octal or hex values, as well as decimal. Octal values are denoted by a leading 0(07,012,...), while hex values are denoted by a leading0x(0xFF,0x9D,...).

Version

PHP 3+, PHP 4+

Example

Example 1192. Add a null byte to the end of a string

$string .= chr(0);

Example 1193. Find the character for a hex value

<?php
// Sesame Street for budding geeks
echo "The ASCII character code for today is 0x57...", chr(0x57);
?>
Output:
The ASCII character code for today is 0x57...W

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