ip2long

Description

The function ip2long() generates an IPv4 Internet network address from its Internet standard format (dotted string) representation.

Example 1. Ip2long() Example <?php $ip = gethostbyname("www.php.net"); $out = "The following URLs are equivalent:<br>\n"; $out .= "http://www.php.net/, http://".$ip."/, and http://".ip2long($ip)."/<br>\n"; echo $out; ?>

This second example shows how to print a converted address with the printf() function :

Example 2. IP Adres displaying <?php $ip = gethostbyname("www.php.net"); printf ("%u\n", ip2long ($ip)); echo $out; ?>

See also: long2ip()