===== Syntax =====

<code php>string convert_uuencode(string $str)</code>

//(PHP 4, PHP 5)//

^ $str | The string value to be encoded |
^ RETURNS | Returns the encoded character string. |
  
===== What it Does =====

UU Encoding is a special character coding which is used on Usenet newsgroups to encode file attachments and inline images.  It's not too efficient (only using 6 of the available 7 bits in the ASCII table) which is why a newer standard (yENC) has been adopted.

When passed a string containing binary or text data, this function will encode the string and return the uuencoded data (as a text string).

===== Example =====

<code php>
echo convert_uuencode($input);
</code>