PHP Convert int to HEX

Question

How can I get a similar function with pack/unpack (or other short function)?

function getHEX($number) {
    switch($number) {
        case 0: $ret = "\x00\x00\x00\x00"; break;
        case 1: $ret = "\x00\x00\x00\x01"; break;
        case 2: $ret = "\x00\x00\x00\x02"; break;
        case 3: $ret = "\x00\x00\x00\x03"; break;
        // (...)

        default: $ret = "\x00\x00\x00\x00";
    }

    return $ret;
}

Solution 1

You could do it with dechex in PHP:

<?php
echo dechex(10) . "\n";
echo dechex(47);
?>

Solution 2

Here is a hint:

str_pad(dechex($number), 4, "0", STR_PAD_LEFT)

Solution 3

This function has solved my problem

pack("H*", sprintf("%08X", $number));

Comments

[bountyh]

possible duplicate of stackoverflow.com/questions/5629386/…

[wandam]

I tried this but the return value must be 4 bytes. When $ number is 1 calls me only 1 Byte