How to encode a string with the uuencode algorithm in PHP
In PHP, you can use the convert_uuencode function to encode a string with the
The uuencode algorithm converts all characters into printable ones, which is useful when you need to serialize them.
Note: This function increases the size of the string by about 35%.
Example of what convert_uuencode does
Syntax
convert_uuencode(string $str): string
Parameters
convert_uuencode needs a string ＄str as the parameter that will be encoded.
Return value
The convert_uuencode function returns a uuencode-encoded string.
Code
The code below shows how the function works.
<?php$str = "Hello Educative";$ret_val = convert_uuencode($str);print($ret_val);