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unpackUnpack data from binary string Description
arrayfalse unpack(string
$format , string $string , int $offset = 0)
Unpacks from a binary string into an array according to the given
The unpacked data is stored in an associative array. To accomplish this you have to name the different format codes and separate them by a slash /. If a repeater argument is present, then each of the array keys will have a sequence number behind the given name. Changes were made to bring this function into line with Perl:
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Returns an associative array containing unpacked elements of binary
string, or Changelog
Examples
Example #1 unpack example
The above example will output: Array ( [chars] => 4 [int] => 160 )
Example #2 unpack example with a repeater
The above example will output: Array ( [chars1] => 4 [chars2] => 0 [int] => 40960 ) NotesCaution
Note that PHP internally stores integral values as signed. If you unpack a large unsigned long and it is of the same size as PHP internally stored values the result will be a negative number even though unsigned unpacking was specified. Caution
If you do not name an element, numeric indices starting from
Example #3 unpack example with unnamed keys
The above example will output: array(2) { [1]=> int(160) [2]=> int(66) }
Note that the
first value from the See Also
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