sure, well I would grately appreciate if you could send me a patch for
http://www.bright-shadows.net/forum/forum_showtopic.php?topicid=2604

so that i could decode it in your way.

I'm not good at Qt, but you can get the PHP version:

function Decode($ct)
{
    $ct = str_replace(":roll:", "0", $ct);
    $ct = str_replace("LOL", "1", $ct);
    $key = "Q 0*/eY\*f.Y,ijYvprCB";
    $p = 0;
    while (strlen($ct))
    {
        $letter = substr($ct, 0, 8);
        $ct = substr($ct, 8);
        $key[$p] = chr(bindec($letter)^(ord($key[$p++])-23));
    }
    return $key;
}

i fear that the key was damaged in transfer ...

also ... that looks a lot like a decryption, and not that much like a decoding.

unless if i'm a "QrLLr{c-dmd}üï"

That's because in Phas' php.ini phasmode = true

Change:
$key[$p] = chr(bindec($letter)^(ord($key[$p++])-23));

To:
$key[$p] = chr(bindec($letter)^(ord($key[$p])-23));
$p++;

Must be something with his PHP version (v4).

that's odd, it indeed fixed it...

~/test $ php -v
PHP 5.1.6-pl6-gentoo (cli) (built: Oct 28 2006 11:47:34)
Copyright (c) 1997-2006 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.1.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2006 Zend Technologies

i investigated it a bit, and this is what happens: php evaluates the right hand side first.
so by the the time $key[$p] is assigned it's value $p was already incremented

ie:
$a[0]="A";
$a[1]="B";

$p=0;
$a[$p]=$a[$p++];
echo implode("",$a);

returns "AA" instead of "AB"

Well, if you want "AB" use:

$a[$p]=$a[++$p];

o and let me apologize, I probably didn't realize how much time you spent thinking up this
original cipher, and taking the time to post this message. I must be such an ass for ruining
this mind numbing fun, certainly when there are only 336 other challenges out there, some
even with the same trick. Also i would like to apologize everybody sparing them from the
disappointment of the actual content.

No all the fun aside, I really didn't realize there was actually something to spoil, but I live,
I learn I'll never do it again.

wow, respect@rhican

Another perfect example of how a thread can go in a totally different way. Next post totally unrelated to it's topic will be deleted. Including this one, so before I forget: Happy New Year.

Not to poop on your fun but don't you think the moderation came a bit late ... but perhaps it's best.
Let me forfill all your wishes. I wouldn't want to come over as a crybaby or is that what you take me for?
Don't feel bad, I'm a pest to all internet fora, ask around you will find that i'm known as "the". Simply because people were
to uninspired to find a word for me that was new. Anyhow don't worry i'll be gone in less than a year.


Now is this completly unrelated? Perhaps I encoded a secret message. . .