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# base_convert

base_convert -- convert a number between arbitrary bases

## Description

`strin base_convert`(string number, int frombase, int tobase);

Returns a string containing `number` represented in base `tobase`. The base in which `number` is given is specified in `frombase`. Both `frombase` and `tobase` have to be between 2 and 36, inclusive. Digits in numbers with a base higher than 10 will be represented with the letters a-z, with a meaning 10, b meaning 11 and z meaning 36.

Example 1. base_convert()

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      2 $binary = base_convert($hexadecimal, 16, 2);
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