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<?php function encode($to_encode){ $i=0; $len=strlen($to_encode); $ret=''; for($i=0;$i<$len;++$i){ $ret.=str_pad(ord($to_encode[$i]),3,"0",STR_PAD_LEFT);//4 should be enough for UTF-8, right? } return $ret; } function decode($numberstr){ $numberstr=(string)$numberstr; $ret=''; $i=0; $ii=0; $len=strlen($numberstr); $shit=''; $len2=null; for($i=0;$i<$len;$i+=4){ $shit=ltrim(substr($numberstr,$i,3),'0'); $ret.=chr($shit); } return $ret; } $str="the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog こどものじかん"; var_dump($str,encode($str),decode(encode($str)));
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.9, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.0 - 5.5.38, 5.6.0 - 5.6.40, 7.0.0 - 7.0.33, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.6
string(65) "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog こどものじかん" string(195) "116104101032113117105099107032098114111119110032102111120032106117109112115032111118101114032116104101032108097122121032100111103032227129147227129169227130130227129174227129152227129139227130147" string(49) "t)gq��k@+o�foj��sAoe��h �a�gdo/�#ҁ�ɂ��#ށ�ɓ"

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