PHP inet_pton() Function Usage and Example

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The inet_pton() function converts human-readable IP addresses to a compressed in_addr representation

Syntax

string inet_pton ( string $address )

Definition and Usage

It is used to convert human-readable IP addresses to in_addr format

Return Value

It returns an in_addr address, otherwise it will display a failure message.

Parameter

Online Example

Try the following example

<?php
　　　$in_addr = inet_pton('127.0.0.1');
?>

The following code converts an IP address to an address in the in_addr format.

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