inet_pton
(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0)
inet_pton — Converts a human readable IP address to its packed in_addr representation
Description
string inet_pton
( string $address
)
Parameters
-
address
-
A human readable IPv4 or IPv6 address.
Return Values
Returns the in_addr representation of the given
address
Examples
Example #1 inet_pton() Example
<?php
$in_addr = inet_pton('127.0.0.1');
$in6_addr = inet_pton('::1');
?>
Notes
inet_ntop
