Validate the value as an IPv6 address in PHP
Description
The following code shows how to validate the value as an IPv6 address.
Example
<?php/* w w w .j a v a2 s . c o m*/
$ip = "2002:0db9:85a3:07d3:1219:8a2e:0470:7634";
if(!filter_var($ip, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP, FILTER_FLAG_IPV6)){
echo "IP is not valid";
}else{
echo "IP is valid";
}
?>
The code above generates the following result.
