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# ord

(PHP 3 <= 3.0.18, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)

ord -- Return ASCII value of character

## Description

``int ord` (string string)`

Returns the ASCII value of the first character of `string`. This function complements chr().

Example 1. ord() example
    if (ord($str) == 10) {
        echo "The first character of \$str is a line feed.\n";
    }

You can find an ASCII-table over here: http://www.mindspring.com/~jc1/serial/Resources/ASCII.html.

See also chr().

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