inet_pton Type: function Déclaration: string inet_pton(string $adress) Examples: // ipv4, 32 bits, bigendian $in_addr = inet_pton('127.0.0.1'); // ord($in_addr{0}) == 127 // ord($in_addr{3}) == 1 // 128 bits ipv6 + ipv4 aka IPv4-mapped // https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2765#section-2.1 $in_addr = inet_pton('::ffff:127.0.0.1');