Number Base Conversion Helper

number_base.php

<?php
// Ronaldo Barbachano October 2011
// Created out of a need to compress integer values in couch databases. Php 5.3 will allow up to 36 bit bases,
// which results in the smallest integer representation. 

//To convert to default base, of 8, just provide
// number_base::number_convert(1);

// encodes 1 into base 32 number
// number_base::num_convert(1,32);

// decodes base 32 number into 8
// number_base::num_convert(<base 32 number>,8,32);

class number_base{
	public static function number_convert($integer,$end_base = 8,$start_base = 10){
	// created to help assist in the creation of creating _id fields in couch databases
	// based on integer values

 		return base_convert($integer, $start_base,$end_base);
	}	
}