#49493 [NEW]: gethostbyname IPv6

From: tim987 at email dot com Operating system: Windows/Linux PHP version: 5.3.0 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: gethostbyname IPv6 Description: ------------ The php function gethostbyname currently only returns IPv4 addresses as stated here: http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.gethostbyname.php My feature request is, it should be able to return IPv6 addresses too. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49493&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49493&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49493&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49493&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49493&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49493&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49493&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49493&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49493&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49493&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49493&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49493&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49493&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49493&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49493&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49493&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49493&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49493&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49493&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49493&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49493&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49493&r=mysqlcfg