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dsmithhayes/bencode
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A simple bencoding library for PHP.

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Bencode
=======

[](#bencode)

This is a library used for encoding and decoding bencoded streams. Bencoding is primarily found in the makeup of `.torrent` files.

Bencoding Basics
----------------

[](#bencoding-basics)

Pronounced bee-encoding, this encoding focuses on binary encoding with four basic element data structures.

1. `Integer`
2. `Byte`
3. `List`
4. `Dictionary`

The last two elements (`List`, `Dictionary`) are just collections of the first two elements.

### Integer

[](#integer)

The Integer element is a positive or negative integer that is always prefixed with an `i`, and suffixed with an `e`.

```
i45e
i-1e

```

#### Usage

[](#usage)

```