sodium_hex2bin

Function • Params and return types changed in PHP 8.0

Decodes a hexadecimally encoded binary string.

PHP 5
PHP 7.0-7.1
PHP 7.2
Added
PHP 7.3-7.4
PHP 8.0
Improved
PHP 8.1
PHP 8.2
PHP 8.3
PHP 8.4
PHP 8.5

sodium_hex2bin Function synopsis

sodium_hex2bin(string $string, string $ignore = ""): string

Parameters

$string

Typestring

Hexadecimal representation of data.

$ignore

OptionalTypestringDefault value""

Optional string argument for characters to ignore.

Return value

Typestring

Returns the binary representation of the given $string data.

Changes to the sodium_hex2bin Function

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: string
  • Parameter name of parameter #1 changed: $string_1 to $string
  • Parameter type added for parameter #1 ($string): string
  • Parameter name of parameter #2 changed: $string_2 to $ignore
  • Parameter type added for parameter #2 ($ignore): string
  • Parameter default value added for position #2 ($ignore): ""
- sodium_hex2bin($string_1, $string_2)
+ sodium_hex2bin(string $string, string $ignore = ""): string

PHP 7.2

  • Function added

sodium_hex2bin Function Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.5Future Release Yes
PHP 8.4Upcoming Release Yes
PHP 8.3Supported (Latest) Yes
PHP 8.2Supported Yes
PHP 8.1Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported No
PHP 7.0Unsupported No
PHP 5.6Unsupported No
PHP 5.5Unsupported No
PHP 5.4Unsupported No
PHP 5.3Unsupported No