note 78643 added to function.ip2long

Keep in mind that storing IP addresses inside of your database as integers (rather than 15 character strings in decimal format, or 8 character strings in hex format) is hundreds of times faster. Take the typical case of a MySQL database doing a search for an IP address on thousands (or millions!) of rows; you're either doing a string compare for each entry, or an integer equation. If you do your indexes correctly, your lookups should be literally 100x faster using an INT rather than a VARCHAR. Also note that an integer doesn't need to be escaped when passed to a database. :) ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 71.63.245.65 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ip2long.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/78643 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78643/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78643/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78643/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78643/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78643/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78643/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78643 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/78643 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php