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Subject: Re: New hexdump manipulation functions for PHP5
From: demin@ots.ru ("Alexander Demin")

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On Mon Dec 25 09:46:13 2006, Antony Dovgal wrote:

>> this patch for PHP5 adds four new string functions into the extension
>> 'standard':
>> - hexdump()
>> - packhex()
>> - smart_hexdump()
>> - smart_packhex()

>Please elaborate on how these functions can be useful, why in your
opinion they should be added
>to the core (and not PECL) and why this cannot be implemented in PHP itself.

I think, hexdump manipulation functions are very useful string functions.
I have been using hexdump(), packhex() and smart hex functions,
written on PHP, and including it in many projects more than 2 years,
and at last I've implemented it into php core.
It helps in debugging:
- communication protocols
- any algorithms with binary data
- any kind of logging
etc

why to the core? because pack() function is already in the core. It's
good function, but it's a little bit complex for every minute using.

hexdump manipulation is like md5, crc32 etc. It is every minute
function, I think.

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Alexander Demin

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