$data = chr(49) . chr(50) . chr(50) . chr(1) . chr(0) . chr(240) . chr(15) . chr(149);
$data = [49, 50, 50, 1, 0, 240, 15, 149];
$data = pack('C*', ...$data);
Values in VARCHAR columns are variable-length strings. The length can be specified as a value from 0 to 65,535.https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/char.html