CRC Calculator (convert C to PHP)

Hi :)

I need to calculate the CRC for a large number. I found some code written in C and need to translate it to PHP, but I think I'm failing at that cause I don't get some parts of the code.

I found the original code here

I understand that I need to fill before calculating the CRC. The init function is this:
P_CCITT = 0x1021 and crc_tabccitt an array with 256 elements. The idea is to fill that array. What I really don't get is: do those elements need to have 4 bytes? My PHP implementation throws longer values. Would you explain this function to me? I've read a lot and I don't seem to get the whole story which is way I can't do the same in PHP.

Code:

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static void init_crcccitt_tab( void ) {

    int i, j;
    unsigned short crc, c;

    for (i=0; i<256; i++) {

        crc = 0;
        c  = ((unsigned short) i) << 8;

        for (j=0; j<8; j++) {

            if ( (crc ^ c) & 0x8000 ) crc = ( crc << 1 ) ^ P_CCITT;
            else                      crc =  crc << 1;

            c = c << 1;
        }

        crc_tabccitt[i] = crc;
    }

    crc_tabccitt_init = TRUE;

}

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Thanks a lot in advance :)
Reine.

I can't vouch for what data type crc_tabccitt[] is because it's not defined in the sample you gave. However, the variable crc that's assigned to each of its elements is unsigned short. That's a two-byte value. Which is correct for a 16-bit CRC as I remember them.

Not sure what else you're asking.