PHP Reference

Quick Reference

The PHP ip2long() function converts an IPv4 address into a long integer.

<?php
$ip = gethostbyname('www.1smartchicken.com');
$out = 'The following URLs are equivalent:' . <br>;
$out .= "https://www.1smartchicken.com/, https://" . $ip . "/, and https://" . sprintf("%u", ip2long($ip)) . "/";

echo $out;
?>

Output

The following URL are equivalent:
https://www.1smartchicken.com, https://52.25.129.230/

Syntax

ip2long(address)

Parameters

ParameterDescription
addressSpecifies a standard IP address (required)

PHP Notes:

  • When using PHP, single or double quotation marks are acceptable and work identically to one another; choose whichever you prefer, and stay consistent
  • Arrays count starting from zero NOT one; so item 1 is position [0], item 2 is position [1], and item 3 is position [2] … and so on

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