getSize(); // Extract format info $formatCols = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, $size - 1, $size - 2, $size - 3, $size - 4, $size - 5, $size - 6, $size - 7]; $formatH = ''; foreach ($formatCols as $col) { $formatH .= $matrix->getModuleAt(8, $col)->isDark() ? '1' : '0'; } $xorMask = "101010000010010"; $unmasked = ''; for ($i = 0; $i < 15; $i++) { $unmasked .= (int)$formatH[$i] ^ (int)$xorMask[$i]; } $maskBits = substr($unmasked, 2, 3); $maskPattern = bindec($maskBits); use App\Framework\QrCode\Masking\MaskPattern as MaskPatternEnum; $mask = match($maskPattern) { 0 => MaskPatternEnum::PATTERN_0, 1 => MaskPatternEnum::PATTERN_1, 2 => MaskPatternEnum::PATTERN_2, 3 => MaskPatternEnum::PATTERN_3, 4 => MaskPatternEnum::PATTERN_4, 5 => MaskPatternEnum::PATTERN_5, 6 => MaskPatternEnum::PATTERN_6, 7 => MaskPatternEnum::PATTERN_7, }; // Read first 16 bits (mode + count) $dataBits = []; $bitCount = 0; for ($col = $size - 1; $col >= 1 && $bitCount < 16; $col -= 2) { if ($col === 6) { $col--; } $upward = ((int) (($size - 1 - $col) / 2) % 2) === 0; for ($i = 0; $i < $size && $bitCount < 16; $i++) { $row = $upward ? ($size - 1 - $i) : $i; for ($c = 0; $c < 2 && $bitCount < 16; $c++) { $currentCol = $col - $c; // Skip function patterns if (($row <= 8 && $currentCol <= 8) || ($row <= 7 && $currentCol >= $size - 8) || ($row >= $size - 8 && $currentCol <= 7) || $row === 6 || $currentCol === 6 || ($row === 8 && (($currentCol >= 0 && $currentCol <= 5) || $currentCol === 7 || $currentCol === 8 || $currentCol >= $size - 8)) || ($currentCol === 8 && (($row >= 0 && $row <= 5) || $row === 7 || $row === 8 || $row >= $size - 7)) || ($row === 13 && $currentCol === 8)) { continue; } $maskedBit = $matrix->getModuleAt($row, $currentCol)->isDark() ? 1 : 0; $unmaskedBit = $mask->shouldInvert($row, $currentCol) ? (1 - $maskedBit) : $maskedBit; $dataBits[] = $unmaskedBit; $bitCount++; } } } $bitString = implode('', $dataBits); echo "First 16 bits read: {$bitString}\n"; // First 4 bits = mode $modeBits = substr($bitString, 0, 4); $mode = bindec($modeBits); echo " Mode (bits 0-3): {$modeBits} = {$mode} (expected: 0100 = 4)\n"; // Next 8 bits = count $countBits = substr($bitString, 4, 8); $count = bindec($countBits); echo " Count (bits 4-11): {$countBits} = {$count} (expected: 00001011 = 11)\n\n"; if ($mode === 4 && $count === 11) { echo "✅ Mode and count are CORRECT!\n"; echo "\nThe problem is that we're reading whole codewords (8 bits) instead of\n"; echo "reading the mode indicator (4 bits) separately!\n"; } else { echo "❌ Mode or count is WRONG!\n"; } // Now let's see what the first codeword actually is $firstCodewordBits = substr($bitString, 0, 8); $firstCodeword = bindec($firstCodewordBits); echo "\nFirst codeword (bits 0-7): {$firstCodewordBits} = {$firstCodeword}\n"; echo "This is WRONG because it includes mode (4 bits) + part of count (4 bits)\n";