Store IPv6 in database

Question

What\'s the best practise to store IP\'s with PHP in MySQL database? There\'s a function called ip2long - but this is just for IPv4. But what about IPv6?

I know a ph

Answer 1

knittl was closer, instead of binary(16) use varbinary(16) as user196009 answered in a related question. It works for me. How?

Storing IP:

getResults($query); // stored as binary
?>

Retrieving IP:

getRow($query);
  echo inet_ntop($stats->vis_ip); // outputs 66.102.7.104
?> 

It should work with IPv6 addresses (I have an IPv4 connection). I'm not an expert so I don't know yet if varbinary length is correct, but how I said, it works for me.

In order to check if 'IPv6 Support' is enabled in your PHP version/host: