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<refentry xml:id="function.dechex" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>dechex</refname>
  <refpurpose>Decimal to hexadecimal</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>string</type><methodname>dechex</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>num</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Returns a string containing a hexadecimal representation of the given
   unsigned <parameter>num</parameter> argument.
  </para>
  <para>
   The largest number that can be converted is
   <constant>PHP_INT_MAX</constant><literal> * 2 + 1</literal> (or
   <literal>-1</literal>): on 32-bit platforms, this will be
   <literal>4294967295</literal> in decimal, which results in
   <function>dechex</function> returning <literal>ffffffff</literal>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>num</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The decimal value to convert.
      </para>
      <para>
       As PHP's <type>int</type> type is signed, but
       <function>dechex</function> deals with unsigned integers, negative
       integers will be treated as though they were unsigned.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Hexadecimal string representation of <parameter>num</parameter>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>dechex</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
echo dechex(10) . "\n";
echo dechex(47);
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
a
2f
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>dechex</function> example with large integers</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// The output below assumes a 32-bit platform.
// Note that the output is the same for all values.
echo dechex(-1)."\n";
echo dechex(PHP_INT_MAX * 2 + 1)."\n";
echo dechex(pow(2, 32) - 1)."\n";
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
ffffffff
ffffffff
ffffffff
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>hexdec</function></member>
    <member><function>decbin</function></member>
    <member><function>decoct</function></member>
    <member><function>base_convert</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>
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