converting a number base 10 to base 62 (a-zA-Z0-9)

Question

I have a number in base 10. Is there anyway to translate it to a base 62?

Example:

echo convert(12324324);
// returns Yg3 (fantasy example here)
         


        

Answer 1

It was hardly tested and works on real big product. Just copy this functions and use. If needed, you can arrange $baseChars sequentially, I need it for blended.

    /**
     * decToAny converter
     * 
     * @param integer $num
     * @param string $baseChars
     * @param integer $base
     * @return string
     */
    function decToAny($num, $baseChars = '', $base = 62, $index = false) {

        $baseChars = empty($baseChars) ? 'HbUlYmGoAd0ScKq6Er5PuZp3OsQCh4RfNMtV8kJiLv9yXeI1aWgFj2zTx7DnBw' : $baseChars;
        if (!$base) {
            $base = strlen($index);
        } else if (!$index) {
            $index = substr($baseChars, 0, $base);
        }
        $out = "";

        for ($t = floor(log10($num) / log10($base)); $t >= 0; $t--) {
            $a = floor($num / pow($base, $t));
            $out = $out . substr($index, $a, 1);
            $num = $num - ( $a * pow($base, $t) );
        }

        return $out;
    }

Reverse method

    /**
     * anyTodec converter
     * 
     * @param string $num
     * @param string $baseChars
     * @param integer $base
     * @return string
     */
    function anyToDec($num, $baseChars = '', $base = 62, $index = false) {

        $baseChars = empty($baseChars) ? 'HbUlYmGoAd0ScKq6Er5PuZp3OsQCh4RfNMtV8kJiLv9yXeI1aWgFj2zTx7DnBw' : $baseChars;
        if (!$base) {
            $base = strlen($index);
        } else if (!$index) {
            $index = substr($baseChars, 0, $base);
        }
        $out = 0;
        $len = strlen($num) - 1;
        for ($t = 0; $t <= $len; $t++) {
            $out = $out + strpos($index, substr($num, $t, 1)) * pow($base, $len - $t);
        }
        return $out;
    }