ord
    (PHP 3, PHP 4 , PHP 5)
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 | 
<?php$str = "\n";
 if (ord($str) == 10) {
 echo "The first character of \$str is a line feed.\n";
 }
 ?>
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     You can find an ASCII-table over here: http://www.asciitable.com.
    
     See also chr().