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<h1 class="refname">convert_uuencode</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">convert_uuencode</span> — <span class="dc-title">Uuencode a string</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>convert_uuencode</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$data</code></span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">
<span class="function"><strong>convert_uuencode()</strong></span> encodes a string using the uuencode
algorithm.
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Uuencode translates all strings (including binary's ones) into printable
characters, making them safe for network transmissions. Uuencoded data is
about 35% larger than the original.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.convert-uuencode-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">data</code></em></span>
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<p class="para">
The data to be encoded or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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</dd>
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns the uuencoded data.
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<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>convert_uuencode()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$some_string </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"test\ntext text\r\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">convert_uuencode</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$some_string</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.convert-uudecode.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">convert_uudecode()</a> - Decode a uuencoded string</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.base64-encode.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">base64_encode()</a> - Encodes data with MIME base64</span></li>
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