ord

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

ord — Return ASCII value of character

Description

int ord ( string $string )

Returns the ASCII value of the first character of string.

This function complements chr().

Parameters

string

A character.

Return Values

Returns the ASCII value as an integer.

Examples

Example #1 ord() example

<?php
$str = "\n";
if (ord($str) == 10) {
    echo "The first character of \$str is a line feed.\n";
}
?>

See Also

• chr() - Return a specific character
• An » ASCII-table