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  <refentry id="function.dechex">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>dechex</refname>
    <refpurpose>Decimal to hexadecimal</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>string</type><methodname>dechex</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>number</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     Returns a string containing a hexadecimal representation of the
     given <parameter>number</parameter> argument. The largest number that can
     be converted is 2147483647 in decimal resulting to "7fffffff".
    </para>
    <para>
     <example>
      <title><function>dechex</function> example</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
echo dechex(10) . "\n";
echo dechex(47);
?>
]]>
      </programlisting>
      <para>
       The above example will output:
      </para>
      <screen>
<![CDATA[
a
2f
]]>
      </screen>
     </example>
    </para>
    <para>
     See also <function>hexdec</function>,
     <function>decbin</function>,
     <function>decoct</function> and
     <function>base_convert</function>.
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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