Posted by Lisa Pearlson on 10/09/75 11:24

hmm, weird, echo(00) echoes '0';

Many shell scripts written in php also exit like this:

exit(0);

But that also prints the ascii character '0';
weird.

I think echo pack('C', 0) should work..

Lisa

"Christopher Story" <ke6rwj@spam-eater-remove-me-msn.com> wrote in message
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> "Lisa Pearlson" <no@spam.plz> wrote in message
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>> how can I echo the decimal number 0 instead of the ascii "0" ?
>> passthru can do it in response to a shell function. Is there another way?
>> does echo pack("C", 0) do it?
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>> Lisa
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> echo char(00);
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> will do it....
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> chris
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