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# hexToString()

**Method signature**

```php
private function hexToString($hex)
```

**Parameters**

| Name  | Type   | Description                                      |
| ----- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------ |
| `hex` | string | Any hex string to convert to a plain text string |

**Example**

```php
<?php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
use CircularProtocol\Api\CircularProtocolAPI;

$circular = new CircularProtocolAPI();
$text = "48656c6c6f2c20576f726c6421";

$result = $circular->hexToString($text);
echo $result;
```

**Result**

The result will be an object of type String:

```
Hello, World!
```