unicode hex value

gistfile1.php

<?php

function uniord($c) {
    $h = ord($c{0});
    if ($h <= 0x7F) {
        return $h;
    } else if ($h < 0xC2) {
        return false;
    } else if ($h <= 0xDF) {
        return ($h & 0x1F) << 6 | (ord($c{1}) & 0x3F);
    } else if ($h <= 0xEF) {
        return ($h & 0x0F) << 12 | (ord($c{1}) & 0x3F) << 6
                                 | (ord($c{2}) & 0x3F);
    } else if ($h <= 0xF4) {
        return ($h & 0x0F) << 18 | (ord($c{1}) & 0x3F) << 12
                                 | (ord($c{2}) & 0x3F) << 6
                                 | (ord($c{3}) & 0x3F);
    } else {
        return false;
    }
}

function hex_format($o) {
    $h = strtoupper(dechex($o));
    $len = strlen($h);
    if ($len % 2 == 1)
        $h = "0$h";
    return $h;
}

var_dump(hex_format(uniord('€')));