Character "profile"

[Cailin]

Could someone please explain to me how data in the profile column (in the character_ table) is stored? I'm interested in building a tool that will allow modification of characters while outside of the game (in PHP), and I need to know what's going on in here. I took a look at the code of the emulator itself, but C++ was never my strong point - even though I found functions pertaining to storing/retrieving the data, I couldn't figure out how to decode it.

Can someone please help me out?
Thanks