php man page for inet_pton

INET_PTON(3)								 1							      INET_PTON(3)

inet_pton - Converts a human readable IP address to its packed in_addr representation

SYNOPSIS
       string inet_pton (string  $address)

DESCRIPTION
	This function converts a human readable IPv4 or IPv6 address (if PHP was built with IPv6 support enabled) into an address family appropri-
       ate 32bit or 128bit binary structure.

PARAMETERS
	      o $address
		- A human readable IPv4 or IPv6 address.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns the in_addr representation of the given $address, or FALSE if a syntactically invalid $address is  given  (for	example,  an  IPv4
       address without dots or an IPv6 address without colons).

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      inet_pton(3) Example

	      <?php
	      $in_addr = inet_pton('127.0.0.1');

	      $in6_addr = inet_pton('::1');
	      ?>

CHANGELOG
       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
       |Version |						    |
       |	|						    |
       |	|		     Description		    |
       |	|						    |
       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
       | 5.3.0	|						    |
       |	|						    |
       |	|  This  function is now available on Windows plat- |
       |	| forms.					    |
       |	|						    |
       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
SEE ALSO
       ip2long(3), long2ip(3), inet_ntop(3).

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