#21277 [NEW]: Suggestion: New function, is_ip

From: webmaster@emugenerations.com Operating system: Linux PHP version: 4.2.3 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Suggestion: New function, is_ip function is_ip($str) // Returns True if the given string is a IP address { if ((substr_count($str, ".") != 3) or (empty($str))) { return false; } $ip_array = explode(".", $str); for ($i = 0; $i < count($ip_array); $i++) { if ((strlen($ip_array[$i]) != 3) or (!is_numeric($ip_array[$i]))) { return false; } } return true; } I think that this function could be useful for many PHP coders :) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=21277&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21277&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21277&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21277&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21277&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21277&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21277&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21277&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21277&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21277&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21277&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21277&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21277&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21277&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21277&r=gnused