code: public static function ascToUcs($ascii)
      {
          $rawname = '';
          $iMax = strlen($ascii);
          for ($i = 0; $i < $iMax; ++$i) {
              $rawname .= $ascii[$i]
                  . "\x00";
          }
  
          return $rawname;
      }
docs: Utility function to transform ASCII text to Unicode.
  
  @param string $ascii The ASCII string to transform
  
  @return string The string in Unicode