Most efficient way to extract bit flags

Question

I have these possible bit flags.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 64, 128, 256, 512, 2048, 4096, 16384, 32768, 65536

So each number is like a true/false sta

Answer 1

As there is no definite answer with php code, I add this working example:

// returns array of numbers, so for 7 returns array(1,2,4), etc..

function get_bits($decimal) {
  $scan = 1;
  $result = array();
  while ($decimal >= $scan){
    if ($decimal & $scan) $result[] = $scan;
    $scan<<=1; 
  }
  return $result;
}