Method Protocols.IPv6.parse_addr()

Method parse_addr

array(int(16bit))|zero parse_addr(string addr)

Description

Parses an IPv6 address on the formatted hexadecimal "x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x" form, or any of the shorthand varieties (see RFC 2373 section 2.2).

The address is returned as an 8-element array where each element is the value of the corresponding field. Zero is returned if addr is incorrectly formatted.

See also

format_addr_short