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Well, I guess I need to approach it differently. What I guess want to do like this kind of<br><code><span class="html"><br>
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</span><span class="keyword">function </span><span class="default">strcrc32</span><span class="keyword">(</span><span class="default">$text</span><span class="keyword">) {
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  </span><span class="default">$crc </span><span class="keyword">= </span><span class="default">crc32</span><span class="keyword">(</span><span class="default">$text</span><span class="keyword">);
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  if (</span><span class="default">$crc </span><span class="keyword">& </span><span class="default">0x80000000</span><span class="keyword">) {
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    </span><span class="default">$crc </span><span class="keyword">^= </span><span class="default">0xffffffff</span><span class="keyword">;
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    </span><span class="default">$crc </span><span class="keyword">+= </span><span class="default">1</span><span class="keyword">;
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    </span><span class="default">$crc </span><span class="keyword">= -</span><span class="default">$crc</span><span class="keyword">;
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  }
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  return </span><span class="default">$crc</span><span class="keyword">;
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}
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</span><span class="default">?> 
<br> <br>but I'm not good enough at php to turn the 32 bit dec number into a 5 byte(Or shortest possible)  ASCII 1- 127 srting.<br><br><br><br><br><br>
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</span></code><br><br>Joseph Wennechuk<br>
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