Convert text to ASCII (returns an integer).

textToASCII.php

function textToASCII($text){
	/* recieves a chunk of text and returns the number resulting from converting all of the caharacters to ASCII */
	$asciified = 0; // stores the "asciified" text
	for ($i = 0; $i<strlen($text); $i++){
		if (ord($text[$i]) < 10) 
			// if the character's ASCII code is less than 10, multiplay by 10, so that that integer can be "concatenated"
			$asciified *= 10;
		else if (ord($text[$i]) < 100)
			// if the character's ASCII code is less than 100, multiplay by 100, so that that integer can be "concatenated"
			$asciified *= 100;
		else // if ord($text[i]) > 100
			$asciified *= 1000;
			
		$asciified += ord($text[$i]);
	}

	return $asciified;
}