The "smartbindec" function I wrote below will convert any binary string (of a reasonable size) to decimal. It will use two's complement if the leftmost bit is 1, regardless of bit length. If you are getting unexpected negative answers, try zero-padding your strings with sprintf("%032s", $yourBitString).
<?php
function twoscomp($bin) {
$out = "";
$mode = "init";
for($x = strlen($bin)-1; $x >= 0; $x--) {
if ($mode != "init")
$out = ($bin[$x] == "0" ? "1" : "0").$out;
else {
if($bin[$x] == "1") {
$out = "1".$out;
$mode = "invert";
}
else
$out = "0".$out;
}
}
return $out;
}
function smartbindec($bin) {
if($bin[0] == 1)
return -1 * bindec(twoscomp($bin));
else return (int) bindec($bin);
}
?>
