hex2bin

PHP 5 >= 5.4.0, PHP 7, PHP 8
hex2bin - Decodes a hexadecimally encoded binary string

hex2bin( string$string ): string|false

Decodes a hexadecimally encoded binary string.

Caution:

This function does NOT convert a hexadecimal number to a binary number. This can be done using the base_convert function.

Parameters

string

Hexadecimal representation of data.

Return Values

Returns the binary representation of the given data or false on failure.

Exceptions and Errors

If the hexadecimal input string is of odd length or invalid hexadecimal string an E_WARNING level error is thrown.

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