(PHP 4, PHP 5)
bindec — Binary to decimal
Returns the decimal equivalent of the binary number represented by the binary_string argument.
bindec() converts a binary number to an integer or, if needed for size reasons, float .
bindec() interprets all binary_string values as unsigned integers. This is because bindec() sees the most significant bit as another order of magnitude rather than as the sign bit.
The binary string to convert
The parameter must be a string. Using other data types will produce unexpected results.
The decimal value of binary_string
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| Since 4.1.0 | The function can now convert numbers that are too large to fit into the platforms integer type, larger values are returned as float in that case. |
Example #1 bindec() example
<?php
echo bindec('110011') . "\n";
echo bindec('000110011') . "\n";
echo bindec('111');
?>
The above example will output:
51 51 7
Example #2 bindec() interprets input as unsigned integers
<?php
/*
* The lesson from this example is in the output
* rather than the PHP code itself.
*/
$magnitude_lower = pow(2, (PHP_INT_SIZE * 8) - 2);
p($magnitude_lower - 1);
p($magnitude_lower, 'See the rollover? Watch it next time around...');
p(PHP_INT_MAX, 'PHP_INT_MAX');
p(~PHP_INT_MAX, 'interpreted to be one more than PHP_INT_MAX');
if (PHP_INT_SIZE == 4) {
$note = 'interpreted to be the largest unsigned integer';
} else {
$note = 'interpreted to be the largest unsigned integer
(18446744073709551615) but skewed by float precision';
}
p(-1, $note);
function p($input, $note = '') {
echo "input: $input\n";
$format = '%0' . (PHP_INT_SIZE * 8) . 'b';
$bin = sprintf($format, $input);
echo "binary: $bin\n";
ini_set('precision', 20); // For readability on 64 bit boxes.
$dec = bindec($bin);
echo 'bindec(): ' . $dec . "\n";
if ($note) {
echo "NOTE: $note\n";
}
echo "\n";
}
?>
Output of the above example on 32 bit machines:
input: 1073741823 binary: 00111111111111111111111111111111 bindec(): 1073741823 input: 1073741824 binary: 01000000000000000000000000000000 bindec(): 1073741824 NOTE: See the rollover? Watch it next time around... input: 2147483647 binary: 01111111111111111111111111111111 bindec(): 2147483647 NOTE: PHP_INT_MAX input: -2147483648 binary: 10000000000000000000000000000000 bindec(): 2147483648 NOTE: interpreted to be one more than PHP_INT_MAX input: -1 binary: 11111111111111111111111111111111 bindec(): 4294967295 NOTE: interpreted to be the largest unsigned integer
Output of the above example on 64 bit machines:
input: 4611686018427387903
binary: 0011111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
bindec(): 4611686018427387903
input: 4611686018427387904
binary: 0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
bindec(): 4611686018427387904
NOTE: See the rollover? Watch it next time around...
input: 9223372036854775807
binary: 0111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
bindec(): 9223372036854775807
NOTE: PHP_INT_MAX
input: -9223372036854775808
binary: 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
bindec(): 9223372036854775808
NOTE: interpreted to be one more than PHP_INT_MAX
input: -1
binary: 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
bindec(): 18446744073709551616
NOTE: interpreted to be the largest unsigned integer
(18446744073709551615) but skewed by float precision