(PHP 4, PHP 5)
hexdec — Hexadecimal to decimal
Returns the decimal equivalent of the hexadecimal number
represented by the hex_string argument.
hexdec() converts a hexadecimal string to a
decimal number.
hexdec() will ignore any non-hexadecimal characters it encounters.
hex_stringThe hexadecimal string to convert
The decimal representation of hex_string
Example #1 hexdec() example
<?php
var_dump(hexdec("See"));
var_dump(hexdec("ee"));
// both print "int(238)"
var_dump(hexdec("that")); // print "int(10)"
var_dump(hexdec("a0")); // print "int(160)"
?>
Note:
The function can convert numbers that are too large to fit into the platforms integer type, larger values are returned as float in that case.