to get int value for multi byte char

[aggarwal]

Friends

I am working with multi byte characters (korean char), i need to get the integer value of a multi byte korean character.

so my query is: how to get the integer valuse of a multi byte character.

in case of java it is
char c = 'Multibyte char';
print (int) c ;

but in case of php..i could not find the way..to get it.

please help me..

deep.