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Binary Code and Bitwise Operators (in PHP)

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

At it’s core, all of the information on your computer is made up of bits – or 0′s and 1′s. There’s quite a bit of interpretation that goes on between that basic binary code and the information as it is displayed on your screen.

However, you may find a time to work with data at the binary level in PHP (and many other programming languages). Here’s a quick guide to understanding binary numbers and the common operators for handling them.
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