php man page for ord

ORD(3)									 1								    ORD(3)

ord - Return ASCII value of character

SYNOPSIS
       int ord (string	$string)

DESCRIPTION
	Returns the ASCII value of the first character of $string.

	This function complements chr(3).

PARAMETERS
	      o $string
		- A character.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns the ASCII value as an integer.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      ord(3) example

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

SEE ALSO
       chr(3), An ASCII-table.

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