CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
Returns as a binary object the character by character exclusive OR of two given strings for a length of the shortest of the two. The result is the same as php: $str1 ^ $str2

Return Values:
Returns a binary string.

Example:

<cfset str1="abc">
<cfset str2="xyzdef">
<cfset x=BinaryEncode(strXOR(str1,str2),"hex")>
<cfoutput>
#x#
</cfoutput>

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * Returns as a binary object the chr by chr XOR of two given strings for length of shortest of the two.
 * 
 * @param str1      First string. (Required)
 * @param str2      Second string. (Required)
 * @return Returns a binary string. 
 * @author Peter Day (JWVPICBHZCOX@spammotel.com) 
 * @version 1, December 1, 2006 
 */
function strXOR(str1,str2) {
    var theXOR="";
    var minLen=min(len(str1),len(str2)); 
    var i=1;
    
    for (; i le minLen; i=i+1 ) {
        theXOR = theXOR & rJustify(formatbaseN(bitXor(asc(mid(str1,i,1)),asc(mid(str2,i,1))),"16"),2);
    }
    
    theXOR=binaryDecode(replaceNoCase(theXOR," ","0","all"),"hex");
    return theXOR;
}