hexdec

Description

Returns the decimal equivalent of the hexadecimal number represented by the hex_string argument. hexdec() converts a hexadecimal string to a decimal number. The largest number that can be converted is 7fffffff or 2147483647 in decimal.

hexdec() will ignore any non-hexadecimal characters it encounters.

Example 1. hexdec() example <?php var_dump(hexdec("See")); var_dump(hexdec("ee")); // both print "int(238)" var_dump(hexdec("that")); // print "int(10)" var_dump(hexdec("a0")); // print "int(160)" ?>

See also dechex(), bindec(), octdec() and base_convert().