ord

Name:ord

Category:String

Programming Language:php

One-line Description:Returns the ASCII value of the first character in the string.

Example

Returns the ASCII value of "S":

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token function">ord</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"S"</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"<br>"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token function">ord</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Shanghai"</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token operator">.</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"<br>"</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span></span>

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