ord(): the ASCII value of the first character in a given string

echo ord('&');

38

Example 1: Getting ASCII Value of Special Characters

<?php
echo ord('$');  // Output: 36
echo ord('@');  // Output: 64
?>

Example 2: Converting First Character of a String to ASCII

<?php
$str = 'Hello';
echo ord($str);  // Output: 72 (ASCII value of 'H')
?>

$i=0;
echo "<table><tr><td>";
for($i==0;$i<=127;$i++){
echo " chr($i) = ".chr($i). " - ". ord(chr($i))."<br>"; 
if($i%40 == 0 and $i>39){echo "</td><td valign=top>";}
}
echo "</td></tr></table>";

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