inet_pton
inet_pton
(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7)
inet_pton — Converts a human readable IP address to its packed in_addr representation
Description
string inet_pton ( string $address )
This function converts a human readable IPv4 or IPv6 address (if PHP was built with IPv6 support enabled) into an address family appropriate 32bit or 128bit binary structure.
Parameters
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address
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A human readable IPv4 or IPv6 address.