string convert_uuencode(string $str)
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
| $str | The string value to be encoded |
|---|---|
| RETURNS | Returns the encoded character string. |
UU Encoding is a special character coding which is used on Usenet newsgroups to encode file attachments and inline images. It's not too efficient (only using 6 of the available 7 bits in the ASCII table) which is why a newer standard (yENC) has been adopted.
When passed a string containing binary or text data, this function will encode the string and return the uuencoded data (as a text string).
echo convert_uuencode($input);