inet_ntop
(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
inet_ntop — Converts a packed internet address to a human readable representation
Description
$ip
): string|falseThis function converts a 32bit IPv4, or 128bit IPv6 address (if PHP was built with IPv6 support enabled) into an address family appropriate string representation.
Parameters
-
ip
-
A 32bit IPv4, or 128bit IPv6 address.
Return Values
Returns a string representation of the address or false
on failure.
Examples
Example #1 inet_ntop() Example
<?php
$packed = chr(127) . chr(0) . chr(0) . chr(1);
$expanded = inet_ntop($packed);
/* Outputs: 127.0.0.1 */
echo $expanded;
$packed = str_repeat(chr(0), 15) . chr(1);
$expanded = inet_ntop($packed);
/* Outputs: ::1 */
echo $expanded;
?>
See Also
- long2ip() - Converts an long integer address into a string in (IPv4) Internet standard dotted format
- ip2long() - Converts a string containing an (IPv4) Internet Protocol dotted address into a long integer
- inet_pton() - Converts a human readable IP address to its packed in_addr representation