Decodes a hexadecimally encoded binary string

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# hex2bin

(PHP >= 5.4.0)

hex2bin — Decodes a hexadecimally encoded binary string

### Description

string hex2bin ( string `$data` )

Decodes a hexadecimally encoded binary string.

Caution

This function does NOT convert a hexadecimal number to a binary number. This can be done using the base_convert() function.

### Parameters

`data`

  Hexadecimal representation of data.

### Return Values

Returns the binary representation of the given data or `FALSE` on failure.

### Errors/Exceptions

If the hexadecimal input string is of odd length or invalid hexadecimal string an `E_WARNING` level error is thrown.

### Changelog

Version | Description
--- | ---
5.5.1 | A warning is thrown if the input string is invalid hexadecimal string.
5.4.1 | A warning is thrown if the input string is of odd length. In PHP 5.4.0 the string was silently accepted, but the last byte was truncated.

### Examples

Example #1 hex2bin() example

`<?php
$hex = hex2bin("6578616d706c65206865782064617461");
var_dump($hex);
?>`

The above example will output something similar to:

    string(16) "example hex data"

### See Also

- bin2hex() - Convert binary data into hexadecimal representation
- unpack() - Unpack data from binary string

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