i think a better method than the "shift-method" is my method ^^...
here it comes:
function convert2bin($string) {
$finished=0;
$base=1;
if(preg_match("/[^0-9]/", $string)) {
for($i=0; $string!=chr($i); $i++);
$dec_nr=$i;
}
else $dec_nr=$string;
while($dec_nr>$base) {
$base=$base*2;
if($base>$dec_nr) {
$base=$base/2;
break;
}
}
while(!$finished) {
if(($dec_nr-$base)>0) {
$dec_nr=$dec_nr-$base;
$bin_nr.=1;
$base=$base/2;
}
elseif(($dec_nr-$base)<0) {
$bin_nr.=0;
$base=$base/2;
}
elseif(($dec_nr-$base)==0) {
$bin_nr.=1;
$finished=1;
while($base>1) {
$bin_nr.=0;
$base=$base/2;
}
}
}
return $bin_nr;
}
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if you want to reconvert it (from binary to string or integer) you can use this function:
function reconvert($bin_nr) {
$base=1;
$dec_nr=0;
$bin_nr=explode(",", preg_replace("/(.*),/", "$1", str_replace("1", "1,", str_replace("0", "0,", $bin_nr))));
for($i=1; $i<count($bin_nr); $i++) $base=$base*2;
foreach($bin_nr as $key=>$bin_nr_bit) {
if($bin_nr_bit==1) {
$dec_nr+=$base;
$base=$base/2;
}
if($bin_nr_bit==0) $base=$base/2;
}
return(array("string"=>chr($dec_nr), "int"=>$dec_nr));
}