Re: gethostbyaddr, IPv6 mapped IPv4 and native IPv6 addresses
| From: | Stig Venaas | Date: | Wed, 19 Sep 2001 18:08:44 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: gethostbyaddr, IPv6 mapped IPv4 and native IPv6 addresses | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.dev |
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Hi
On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 06:28:08PM +0200, Matthias Wimmer wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I just noticed that the php function gethostbyaddr is not able to lookup
> IPv6 mapped IPv4 or native IPv6 addresses.
>
> Because I get such addresses from the apache 1.3.19 when it is patched
> with the KAME IPv6 patch (that's the normal way to IPv6 enable apache
> 1.3) I noticed the problem.
>
> Attached is a patch that enables php to lookup such addresses too.
Committed, I had to change it a bit though. It looks like your inet_pton
will also accept IPv4 when called with AF_INET6, this is not the standard.
Please try the latest from CVS or the next snapshot.
Glad to see there are others interested in PHP and IPv6 (:
Stig