Php convert byte string to integer

Question

I'm trying to convert a 2 byte string to Short / int datatype with unboxing, but it doesn't work:

$str = "\x01\xBB";
unpack("S",$str);

it gives 47873 where it should return 443

+3

asim-ishaq 06 Sep 14 at 21:27

1 answer

ElefantPhace · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-06T21:42:12+0000

Instead, it should be used n

as a format string.

$str = "\x01\xBB";
unpack("n",$str);