#47214 [NEW]: IPv6 handling functions

From: tiamo at tfr dot org Operating system: All PHP version: 5.2.8 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: IPv6 handling functions Description: ------------ PHP really needs functions for handling of IPv6 addresses, Like inet6_aton inet6_ntoa, functions to expand and collapse addresses (::1, 0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001, 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1), to convert to and from v6 mapped IPv4 addresses (::FFFF:1.2.3.4). This is needed to be able make sites future safe, to be able to store and process things like logs, access-lists, database-storage the same way for both IPv6 and IPv4 addresses. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=47214&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47214&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47214&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47214&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47214&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47214&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47214&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47214&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47214&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47214&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47214&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47214&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47214&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47214&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47214&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47214&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47214&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47214&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47214&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47214&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47214&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47214&r=mysqlcfg