Req #67601 [Com]: ip2long(), or a successor needs to support IPv6

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67601&edit=1 ID: 67601 Comment by: spam2 at rhsoft dot net Reported by: gem at rellim dot com Summary: ip2long(), or a successor needs to support IPv6 Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: *Network Functions Operating System: any PHP Version: 5.5.14 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: > get back to me when PHP_INT_MAX returns 170141183460469231731687303715884105727 that's ridiculous at it's own on modern hardware and a weak excuse Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-06-26 22:04:39] jc at unternet dot net "PHP needs to support ipv6 without userland code needs to know about it at all - period" get back to me when PHP_INT_MAX returns 170141183460469231731687303715884105727 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-06-26 19:41:50] gem at rellim dot com "in 2017 PHP needs to support ipv6 without userland code needs to know about it at all - period" +1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-06-26 19:30:29] spam2 at rhsoft dot net besides of RFC and what not - "for an easy workaround: gmp_import(inet_pton($ip));" is crap - in 2017 PHP needs to support ipv6 without userland code needs to know about it at all - period ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-06-26 19:27:31] jc at unternet dot net new features require approved RFC as per https://github.com/php/php-src/ 128 bits cannot fit into a long int anyway, assuming "long" is defined as 64 bits. see https://stackoverflow.com/a/37250452/493161 for an easy workaround: gmp_import(inet_pton($ip)); I vote to close. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-07-10 01:52:55] gem at rellim dot com Description: ------------ Currently ip2long() on works on some IP addresses: IPv4 addresses, not IPv6 addresses. I would like it, or an ip2long-ng(), to also support IPv6 addresses. Test script: --------------- <?php print_r( ip2long( '2607:400:0:1f3::1:6')); Expected result: ---------------- The results should be something like: 0x26070400000001f30000000000010006 Actual result: -------------- FALSE, since it is invalid IPv4 address, but is a valid IP address ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67601&edit=1