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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