I’m trying to write a PHP function that converts a string of letters to a corresponding string of numbers.
For example, the input abc
should return 123
and the input wxyz
should return 23242526
. I have done some research and found that the ord
function can be used to get the ASCII value of a character, but, i’m not sure how to use it.
Is there a way to use the ord
function or another built-in PHP function to accomplish this task efficiently? If not, what is the best way to write a custom function for this purpose?
For example:
<?php
convert_letters_to_numbers('abc') => 123
convert_letters_to_numbers('wxyz') => 23242526
2
Answers
This function takes 1 string as input and returns numbers as output.
To work, this function converts each character in the input string to a number using the
ord
function, which returns the ASCII value of a character. The ASCII value of a lowercase letter is its position in the alphabet (for example a = 97, b = 98, etc.), so subtracting 96 from this value gives us the desired result (a = 1, b = 2, etc.). The function combines the numerical values and returns the result as a single string.Few examples of how this function can be used:
You can use: