inet_pton()

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

Syntax

string inet_pton (string $address)

Arguments

• address - A human readable IPv4 or IPv6 address.

Description

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.

Version

PHP 5.1.0

Return value

Returns the in_addrrepresentation of the given address