I need to convert some PHP to javascript in the client side.
Can someone point me the correct translation to this lines? There's no problem if external libs are needed.
$a = pack("A32", "foobar");
$b = implode("", unpack("H32", ("foobar", "frigobar")));
You can find an implementation of PHP's pack function in JavaScript at locutus.io (it is fairly long so I haven't included it here).
PHP's implode function is equal to JavaScript's join:
implode(",", array("first", "second", "third")) // "first,second,third"
is the same as
["first", "second", "third"].join(",") // "first,second,third"
Locutus also created an unpack implementation but it was removed from his website. Here it is (although it was marked as "not production ready")
function unpack(format, data) {
// http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
// + original by: Tim de Koning (http://www.kingsquare.nl)
// + parts by: Jonas Raoni Soares Silva - http://www.jsfromhell.com
// + parts by: Joshua Bell - http://cautionsingularityahead.blogspot.nl/
// +
// + bugfixed by: marcuswestin
// % note 1: Float decoding by: Jonas Raoni Soares Silva
// % note 2: Home: http://www.kingsquare.nl/blog/22-12-2009/13650536
// % note 3: Feedback: [email protected]
// % note 4: 'machine dependant byte order and size' aren't
// % note 5: applicable for JavaScript unpack works as on a 32bit,
// % note 6: little endian machine
// * example 1: unpack('d', "\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u00008YÀ");
// * returns 1: { "": -100.875 }
var formatPointer = 0, dataPointer = 0, result = {}, instruction = '',
quantifier = '', label = '', currentData = '', i = 0, j = 0,
word = '', fbits = 0, ebits = 0, dataByteLength = 0;
// Used by float decoding - by Joshua Bell
//http://cautionsingularityahead.blogspot.nl/2010/04/javascript-and-ieee754-redux.html
var fromIEEE754 = function(bytes, ebits, fbits) {
// Bytes to bits
var bits = [];
for (var i = bytes.length; i; i -= 1) {
var byte = bytes[i - 1];
for (var j = 8; j; j -= 1) {
bits.push(byte % 2 ? 1 : 0); byte = byte >> 1;
}
}
bits.reverse();
var str = bits.join('');
// Unpack sign, exponent, fraction
var bias = (1 << (ebits - 1)) - 1;
var s = parseInt(str.substring(0, 1), 2) ? -1 : 1;
var e = parseInt(str.substring(1, 1 + ebits), 2);
var f = parseInt(str.substring(1 + ebits), 2);
// Produce number
if (e === (1 << ebits) - 1) {
return f !== 0 ? NaN : s * Infinity;
}
else if (e > 0) {
return s * Math.pow(2, e - bias) * (1 + f / Math.pow(2, fbits));
}
else if (f !== 0) {
return s * Math.pow(2, -(bias-1)) * (f / Math.pow(2, fbits));
}
else {
return s * 0;
}
}
while (formatPointer < format.length) {
instruction = format.charAt(formatPointer);
// Start reading 'quantifier'
quantifier = '';
formatPointer++;
while ((formatPointer < format.length) &&
(format.charAt(formatPointer).match(/[\d\*]/) !== null)) {
quantifier += format.charAt(formatPointer);
formatPointer++;
}
if (quantifier === '') {
quantifier = '1';
}
// Start reading label
label = '';
while ((formatPointer < format.length) &&
(format.charAt(formatPointer) !== '/')) {
label += format.charAt(formatPointer);
formatPointer++;
}
if (format.charAt(formatPointer) === '/') {
formatPointer++;
}
// Process given instruction
switch (instruction) {
case 'a': // NUL-padded string
case 'A': // SPACE-padded string
if (quantifier === '*') {
quantifier = data.length - dataPointer;
} else {
quantifier = parseInt(quantifier, 10);
}
currentData = data.substr(dataPointer, quantifier);
dataPointer += quantifier;
if (instruction === 'a') {
currentResult = currentData.replace(/\0+$/, '');
} else {
currentResult = currentData.replace(/ +$/, '');
}
result[label] = currentResult;
break;
case 'h': // Hex string, low nibble first
case 'H': // Hex string, high nibble first
if (quantifier === '*') {
quantifier = data.length - dataPointer;
} else {
quantifier = parseInt(quantifier, 10);
}
currentData = data.substr(dataPointer, quantifier);
dataPointer += quantifier;
if (quantifier > currentData.length) {
throw new Error('Warning: unpack(): Type ' + instruction +
': not enough input, need ' + quantifier);
}
currentResult = '';
for (i = 0; i < currentData.length; i++) {
word = currentData.charCodeAt(i).toString(16);
if (instruction === 'h') {
word = word[1] + word[0];
}
currentResult += word;
}
result[label] = currentResult;
break;
case 'c': // signed char
case 'C': // unsigned c
if (quantifier === '*') {
quantifier = data.length - dataPointer;
} else {
quantifier = parseInt(quantifier, 10);
}
currentData = data.substr(dataPointer, quantifier);
dataPointer += quantifier;
for (i = 0; i < currentData.length; i++) {
currentResult = currentData.charCodeAt(i);
if ((instruction === 'c') && (currentResult >= 128)) {
currentResult -= 256;
}
result[label + (quantifier > 1 ?
(i + 1) :
'')] = currentResult;
}
break;
case 'S': // unsigned short (always 16 bit, machine byte order)
case 's': // signed short (always 16 bit, machine byte order)
case 'v': // unsigned short (always 16 bit, little endian byte order)
if (quantifier === '*') {
quantifier = (data.length - dataPointer) / 2;
} else {
quantifier = parseInt(quantifier, 10);
}
currentData = data.substr(dataPointer, quantifier * 2);
dataPointer += quantifier * 2;
for (i = 0; i < currentData.length; i += 2) {
// sum per word;
currentResult = ((currentData.charCodeAt(i + 1) & 0xFF) << 8) +
(currentData.charCodeAt(i) & 0xFF);
if ((instruction === 's') && (currentResult >= 32768)) {
currentResult -= 65536;
}
result[label + (quantifier > 1 ?
((i / 2) + 1) :
'')] = currentResult;
}
break;
case 'n': // unsigned short (always 16 bit, big endian byte order)
if (quantifier === '*') {
quantifier = (data.length - dataPointer) / 2;
} else {
quantifier = parseInt(quantifier, 10);
}
currentData = data.substr(dataPointer, quantifier * 2);
dataPointer += quantifier * 2;
for (i = 0; i < currentData.length; i += 2) {
// sum per word;
currentResult = ((currentData.charCodeAt(i) & 0xFF) << 8) +
(currentData.charCodeAt(i + 1) & 0xFF);
result[label + (quantifier > 1 ?
((i / 2) + 1) :
'')] = currentResult;
}
break;
case 'i': // signed integer (machine dependent size and byte order)
case 'I': // unsigned integer (machine dependent size & byte order)
case 'l': // signed long (always 32 bit, machine byte order)
case 'L': // unsigned long (always 32 bit, machine byte order)
case 'V': // unsigned long (always 32 bit, little endian byte order)
if (quantifier === '*') {
quantifier = (data.length - dataPointer) / 4;
} else {
quantifier = parseInt(quantifier, 10);
}
currentData = data.substr(dataPointer, quantifier * 4);
dataPointer += quantifier * 4;
for (i = 0; i < currentData.length; i += 4) {
currentResult =
((currentData.charCodeAt(i + 3) & 0xFF) << 24) +
((currentData.charCodeAt(i + 2) & 0xFF) << 16) +
((currentData.charCodeAt(i + 1) & 0xFF) << 8) +
((currentData.charCodeAt(i) & 0xFF));
result[label + (quantifier > 1 ?
((i / 4) + 1) :
'')] = currentResult;
}
break;
case 'N': // unsigned long (always 32 bit, little endian byte order)
if (quantifier === '*') {
quantifier = (data.length - dataPointer) / 4;
} else {
quantifier = parseInt(quantifier, 10);
}
currentData = data.substr(dataPointer, quantifier * 4);
dataPointer += quantifier * 4;
for (i = 0; i < currentData.length; i += 4) {
currentResult =
((currentData.charCodeAt(i) & 0xFF) << 24) +
((currentData.charCodeAt(i + 1) & 0xFF) << 16) +
((currentData.charCodeAt(i + 2) & 0xFF) << 8) +
((currentData.charCodeAt(i + 3) & 0xFF));
result[label + (quantifier > 1 ?
((i / 4) + 1) :
'')] = currentResult;
}
break;
case 'f': //float
case 'd': //double
ebits = 8;
fbits = (instruction === 'f') ? 23 : 52;
dataByteLength = 4;
if (instruction === 'd') {
ebits = 11;
dataByteLength = 8;
}
if (quantifier === '*') {
quantifier = (data.length - dataPointer) / dataByteLength;
} else {
quantifier = parseInt(quantifier, 10);
}
currentData = data.substr(dataPointer, quantifier * dataByteLength);
dataPointer += quantifier * dataByteLength;
for (i = 0; i < currentData.length; i += dataByteLength) {
data = currentData.substr(i, dataByteLength);
bytes = [];
for (j = data.length - 1; j >= 0; --j) {
bytes.push(data.charCodeAt(j));
}
result[label + (quantifier > 1 ?
((i / 4) + 1) :
'')] = fromIEEE754(bytes, ebits, fbits);
}
break;
case 'x': // NUL byte
case 'X': // Back up one byte
case '@': // NUL byte
if (quantifier === '*') {
quantifier = data.length - dataPointer;
} else {
quantifier = parseInt(quantifier, 10);
}
if (quantifier > 0) {
if (instruction === 'X') {
dataPointer -= quantifier;
} else {
if (instruction === 'x') {
dataPointer += quantifier;
} else {
dataPointer = quantifier;
}
}
}
break;
default:
throw new Error('Warning: unpack() Type ' + instruction +
': unknown format code');
}
}
return result;
}
So, to finish, your example would be written like so:
var a = pack("A32", "foobar");
var b = unpack("H32", ["foobar", "frigobar"]).join("");
