htonl

Convert long integer from host ordered to network ordered

Declaration

Source position: socketsh.inc line 186

  function htonl(host: Cardinal) : Cardinal;  Overload;

htonl makes sure that the bytes in host are ordered in the correct way for sending over the network and returns the correctly ordered result.

Name	Description
htons	Convert short integer from host ordered to network ordered
ntohl	Convert long integer from network ordered to host ordered
ntohs	Convert short integer from network ordered to host ordered