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<refentry xml:id='function.mssql-guid-string' xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>mssql_guid_string</refname>
  <refpurpose>Converts a 16 byte binary GUID to a string</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>string</type><methodname>mssql_guid_string</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>binary</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>short_format</parameter><initializer>false</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Converts a 16 byte binary GUID to a string.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>binary</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       A 16 byte binary GUID.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>short_format</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Whenever to use short format.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns the converted string on success.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>mssql_guid_string</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$binary = '19555081977808608437941339997619274330352755554827939936';

var_dump(mssql_guid_string($binary));
var_dump(mssql_guid_string($binary, true));
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
string(36) "35353931-3035-3138-3937-373830383630"
string(32) "31393535353038313937373830383630"
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>
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