# dechex

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

dechex — Decimal to hexadecimal

### Description

string dechex ( int `$number` )

Returns a string containing a hexadecimal representation of the given `number` argument. The largest number that can be converted is 4294967295 in decimal resulting to "ffffffff".

### Parameters

`number`

  Decimal value to convert

### Return Values

Hexadecimal string representation of `number`

### Examples

Example#1 dechex() example

`<?php
echo dechex(10) . "\n";
echo dechex(47);
?>`

The above example will output:

    a
    2f

### See Also

- hexdec()
- decbin()
- decoct()
- base_convert()