base_convert()

base_convert - Convert a number between arbitrary bases

Syntax

string base_convert (string $number, int $frombase, int $tobase)

Arguments

• number - The number to convert
• frombase - The base number is in
• tobase - The base to convert number to

Description

Returns a string containing number represented in base tobase. The base in which number is given is specified in frombase. Both frombase and tobase have to be between 2 and 36, inclusive. Digits in numbers with a base higher than 10 will be represented with the letters a-z, with a meaning 10, b meaning 11 and z meaning 35.

Version

PHP 4, 5

Return value

number converted to base tobase