php convert decimal to hexadecimal - php

Question

I am extracting a serial from a digital certificate using the built-in OpenSSL library, however, I am having trouble converting this number to hex with precision.
The extracted number is originally in decimal but I need to have it in hex.
The number I am trying to convert is: 114483222461061018757513232564608398004
Here is what I've tried:
dechex() did not work, it returns: 7fffffffffffffff
The closest I could get was this function from the php.net page but it does not convert the whole number on part of it.
function dec2hex($dec) {
$hex = ($dec == 0 ? '0' : '');
while ($dec > 0) {
$hex = dechex($dec - floor($dec / 16) * 16) . $hex;
$dec = floor($dec / 16);
}
return $hex;
}
echo dec2hex('114483222461061018757513232564608398004');
//Result: 5620aaa80d50fc000000000000000000
Here is what I am expecting:
Decimal number: 114483222461061018757513232564608398004
Expected hex: 5620AAA80D50FD70496983E2A39972B4
I can see the correction conversion here:
https://www.mathsisfun.com/binary-decimal-hexadecimal-converter.html
I need a PHP solution.

Answer 1

The problem is that The largest number that can be converted is ... 4294967295 - hence why it's not working for you.
This answer worked for me during a quick test, assuming you have bcmath installed on your server, and you can obtain the number as a string to start with. If you can't, i.e. it begins life as numeric variable, you'll immediately reach PHP's float limit.
// Credit: joost at bingopaleis dot com
// Input: A decimal number as a String.
// Output: The equivalent hexadecimal number as a String.
function dec2hex($number)
{
$hexvalues = array('0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7',
'8','9','A','B','C','D','E','F');
$hexval = '';
while($number != '0')
{
$hexval = $hexvalues[bcmod($number,'16')].$hexval;
$number = bcdiv($number,'16',0);
}
return $hexval;
}
Example:
$number = '114483222461061018757513232564608398004'; // Important: already a string!
var_dump(dec2hex($number)); // string(32) "5620AAA80D50FD70496983E2A39972B4"
Ensure you pass a string into that function, not a numeric variable. In the example you provided in the question, it looks like you can obtain the number as a string initially, so should work if you have bc installed.

Answer 2

Answered by lafor.
How to convert a huge integer to hex in php?
function bcdechex($dec)
{
$hex = '';
do {
$last = bcmod($dec, 16);
$hex = dechex($last).$hex;
$dec = bcdiv(bcsub($dec, $last), 16);
} while($dec>0);
return $hex;
}
Example:
$decimal = '114483222461061018757513232564608398004';
echo "Hex decimal : ".bcdechex($decimal);

Answer 3

This is a big integer, so you need to use a big-integer library like GMP:
echo gmp_strval('114483222461061018757513232564608398004', 16);
// output: 5620aaa80d50fd70496983e2a39972b4

Answer 4

Try this 100% working for any number
<?php
$dec = '114483222461061018757513232564608398004';
// init hex array
$hex = array();
while ($dec)
{
// get modulus // based on docs both params are string
$modulus = bcmod($dec, '16');
// convert to hex and prepend to array
array_unshift($hex, dechex($modulus));
// update decimal number
$dec = bcdiv(bcsub($dec, $modulus), 16);
}
// array elements to string
echo implode('', $hex);
?>