This may help. <? $test = 'अमोल'; function utf8_to_unicode( $str ) { $unicode = array(); $values = array(); $lookingFor = 1; for ($i = 0; $i < strlen( $str ); $i++ ) { $thisValue = ord( $str[ $i ] ); if ( $thisValue < ord('A') ) { // exclude 0-9 if ($thisValue >= ord('0') && $thisValue <= ord('9')) { // number $unicode[] = chr($thisValue); } else { $unicode[] = '%'.dechex($thisValue); } } else { if ( $thisValue < 128) $unicode[] = $str[ $i ]; else { if ( count( $values ) == 0 ) $lookingFor = ( $thisValue < 224 ) ? 2 : 3; $values[] = $thisValue; if ( count( $values ) == $lookingFor ) { $number = ( $lookingFor == 3 ) ? ( ( $values[0] % 16 ) * 4096 ) + ( ( $values[1] % 64 ) * 64 ) + ( $values[2] % 64 ): ( ( $values[0] % 32 ) * 64 ) + ( $values[1] % 64 ); $number = dechex($number); $unicode[] = (strlen($number)==3)?"%u0".$number:"%u".$number; $values = array(); $lookingFor = 1; } // if } // if } } // for return implode("",$unicode); } echo str_replace('%u', '', utf8_to_unicode($test)); ?> 2009/4/30 vivek bansal <bansvivek@xxxxxxxxx> > > > hi abishek, > this is not the exact solotuin to ur problem but can give some idea to > proceed > this is a sample java code to convert string to hex > > /** > * Convert a String to Hexa decimal form. > */ > import java.io.*; > > class StringToHexConvert { > > String stringToHex(String str) { > char[] chars = str.toCharArray(); > StringBuffer strBuffer = new StringBuffer(); > for (int i = 0; i < chars.length; i++) { > strBuffer.append(Integer.toHexString((int) > chars[i])); > } > return strBuffer.toString(); > } > > public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException > { > System.out.print("Enter the String : "); > BufferedReader br =new BufferedReader(new > InputStreamReader(System.in)); > String inputString = br.readLine(); > StringToHexConvert obj = new StringToHexConvert(); > String hexString = obj.stringToHex(inputString); > System.out.println("String in hexa form : " + > hexString); > } > } > > i know u want hindi to hex code > when i got the solution to convert hindi to englist string i will mail it > to > u > > bye > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]