Posted by Erwin Moller on 09/27/07 10:34

DM wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm writing a program that connects to a data stream containing a number of
> different variable types. Ie 4 & 8 byte integers, ASCII characters and 8
> byte floats.
>
> I use fgetc to capture the data in characters then I reconstruct the
> variables from these bytes.
>
> For integers this is easy, just multiply the bytes by orders of 256 to get
> the right offset values. The thing I can't figure out is how to reconstruct
> a double precision floating point number from its 8 component bytes.
>
> Is there an easy way to do this in PHP? I couldn't find anything useful
> through
> Google...
>
> Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
>
> -DM
>
>
>

Hi DM,

This data stream, where is it coming from?
What program is producing it?
Also PHP?

Regards,
Erwin Moller

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