Converting a sentence/text into number values

[Geir]

Hello,

Is it possible to convert a sentence like "Once upon a time" into a number using php?! I want the php to encode the sentence into one big number using a=1 b=2 c=3 d=4 e=5, giving each letter a number value according to a specified table and putting the values side by side producing one large number.

Is it possible to do such a thing with PHP or do I need VB and software programming?!

[Bjom]

anything you can do in vb, you can do in php. what exactly do you consider software programming?

there are already numbers for each letter. The ascii numbers. If you are not happy with them, subtract or add to them.

$myStr = 'blabla';
$splitString = str_split($myStr);
$asciiCodes = array_map('ord',$splitString);
$result = implode($asciiCodes);
echo $result;

read the manual on the functions I used and maybe do some extra "echoing" to understand what's going on.

hth,

Bjom

[Geir]

Bjom;10919248 wrote:

anything you can do in vb, you can do in php. what exactly do you consider software programming?

there are already numbers for each letter. The ascii numbers. If you are not happy with them, subtract or add to them.

$myStr = 'blabla';
$splitString = str_split($myStr);
$asciiCodes = array_map('ord',$splitString);
$result = implode($asciiCodes);
echo $result;

read the manual on the functions I used and maybe do some extra "echoing" to understand what's going on.

hth,

Bjom

How is it possible to change the values used?! Is it possible to specify a custom list (letter value table)?! Alternatively, how is possible to add or substract from the ascii values?!

Thanks for help so far.

[Bjom]

see array_map()

exchange the ord() function (see there) with a function that you make yourself. The function needs to take a string as its argument in this case one letter inside the function use ord() and some creativity of your own.