WinBinder Manual/wb get address

int wb_get_address (mixed var)

• var can be a string, integer, boolean, or double. This function is specially suited to use with <winterpostwiki>wb_peek</winterpostwiki>() and <winterpostwiki>wb_poke</winterpostwiki>()

Returns

Returns the address (as an integer pointer) of the variable var.

Example

// Change characters in a string

$str = "Test string";
$addr = wb_get_address($str);
echo wb_peek($addr) . "\n";
wb_poke($addr, "Roo");
echo wb_peek($addr) . "\n";
echo "$str\n\n";

// Change the value of an integer

$num = 1234;
$addr = wb_get_address($num);
$array = (unpack("Vnum", wb_peek($addr, 4)));
echo "{$array['num']}\n";
wb_poke($addr, pack("V", 800), 4);
$array = (unpack("Vnum", wb_peek($addr, 4)));
echo "{$array['num']}\n";
echo "$num\n\n";

See also

• <winterpostwiki>wb_peek</winterpostwiki>
• <winterpostwiki>wb_poke</winterpostwiki>
• <winterpostwiki>Low-Level functions</winterpostwiki>