Convert hex color to RGB values in PHP

Question

What would be a good way to convert hex color values like #ffffff into the single RGB values 255 255 255 using PHP?

Answer 1

My approach to take care of hex colors with or without hash, single values or pair values:

function hex2rgb ( $hex_color ) {
    $values = str_replace( '#', '', $hex_color );
    switch ( strlen( $values ) ) {
        case 3;
            list( $r, $g, $b ) = sscanf( $values, "%1s%1s%1s" );
            return [ hexdec( "$r$r" ), hexdec( "$g$g" ), hexdec( "$b$b" ) ];
        case 6;
            return array_map( 'hexdec', sscanf( $values, "%2s%2s%2s" ) );
        default:
            return false;
    }
}
// returns array(255,68,204)
var_dump( hex2rgb( '#ff44cc' ) );
var_dump( hex2rgb( 'ff44cc' ) );
var_dump( hex2rgb( '#f4c' ) );
var_dump( hex2rgb( 'f4c' ) );
// returns false
var_dump( hex2rgb( '#f4' ) );
var_dump( hex2rgb( 'f489' ) );