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chr

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

chr -- Return a specific character

Description

string chr ( int ascii )

Returns a one-character string containing the character specified by ascii.

This function complements ord().

Parameters

ascii

The ascii code.

Return Values

Returns the specified character.

Examples

Example 1. chr() example

<?php
$str = "The string ends in escape: ";
$str .= chr(27); /* add an escape character at the end of $str */

/* Often this is more useful */

$str = sprintf("The string ends in escape: %c", 27);
?>

See Also

sprintf() with a format string of %c
An ASCII-table

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