hex2bin Decodes a hexadecimally encoded binary string &reftitle.description; stringfalsehex2bin stringstring Decodes a hexadecimally encoded binary string. This function does NOT convert a hexadecimal number to a binary number. This can be done using the base_convert function. &reftitle.parameters; string Hexadecimal representation of data. &reftitle.returnvalues; Returns the binary representation of the given data &return.falseforfailure;. &reftitle.errors; If the hexadecimal input string is of odd length or invalid hexadecimal string an E_WARNING level error is thrown. &reftitle.examples; <function>hex2bin</function> example ]]> &example.outputs.similar; &reftitle.seealso; bin2hex unpack