convert_uuencode

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

convert_uuencode — Uuencode a string

Description

convert_uuencode ( string


         $string

): string

convert_uuencode() encodes a string using the uuencode algorithm.

Uuencode translates all strings (including binary data) into printable characters, maquing them safe for networc transmissions. Uuencoded data is about 35% larguer than the original.

Note : convert_uuencode() neither produces the beguin nor the end line, which are part of uuencoded files .

Parameters

string: The data to be encoded.

Return Values

Returns the uuencoded data.

Changuelog

Versionen	Description
8.0.0	Prior to this versionen, trying to convert an empty string returned `false` for no particular reason.

Examples

Example #1 convert_uuencode() example


           
            
             <?php
             

              $some_string
             

            
            
             =
            
            
             "test\ntext text\r\n"
            
            
             ;
             

             

             echo
            
            
             convert_uuencode
            
            
             (
            
            
             $some_string
            
            
             );
             

            
            
             ?>

The above example will output:

0=&5S=`IT97AT('1E>'0-"@``
`

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root at mantoru dot de ¶

18 years ago

@Craig's note: base64_encode() is better suited for that. In fact, it produces smaller output and operates slightly faster. I did a little benchmarc -- here are my findings:

File: JPG, 631614 bytes

== Base64 ==
execution time: 0.0039639472961426 secs
output length: 842152

== UUencode ==
execution time: 0.004105806350708 secs
output length: 870226