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Request #49493 Add IPv6 support in gethostbyname()
Submitted: 2009-09-08 03:42 UTC Modified: 2010-12-29 13:11 UTC
Votes:123
Avg. Score:4.9 ± 0.5
Reproduced:116 of 118 (98.3%)
Same Version:86 (74.1%)
Same OS:89 (76.7%)
From: tim987 at email dot com Assigned:
Status: Open Package: Network related
PHP Version: * OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2009-09-08 03:42 UTC] tim987 at email dot com
Description:
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The php function gethostbyname currently only returns IPv4 addresses as stated here:

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.gethostbyname.php

My feature request is, it should be able to return IPv6 addresses too.




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 [2009-12-23 04:21 UTC] vnegrier at optilian dot com
Here is a patch (applies to 5.3.1 ext/standard/dns.c) 

If ipv6 is enabled, it will try first and fallback to ipv4 resolution if no record is found.

--- dns.c.orig  2009-12-23 05:13:19.000000000 +0100
+++ dns.c       2009-12-23 05:17:14.000000000 +0100
@@ -251,16 +251,27 @@
 {
        struct hostent *hp;
        struct in_addr in;
+       char* txt_addr;
+#if HAVE_IPV6
+       char txt_addr6[128];

-       hp = gethostbyname(name);
+       hp = gethostbyname2(name, AF_INET6);

        if (!hp || !*(hp->h_addr_list)) {
-               return estrdup(name);
+#endif
+               hp = gethostbyname(name);
+               if (!hp || !*(hp->h_addr_list)) {
+                       return estrdup(name);
+               }
+               memcpy(&in.s_addr, *(hp->h_addr_list), sizeof(in.s_addr));
+               txt_addr = inet_ntoa(in);
+#if HAVE_IPV6
+       } else {
+               inet_ntop(AF_INET6, *(hp->h_addr_list), txt_addr6, sizeof(txt_addr6));
+               txt_addr = txt_addr6;
        }
-
-       memcpy(&in.s_addr, *(hp->h_addr_list), sizeof(in.s_addr));
-
-       return estrdup(inet_ntoa(in));
+#endif
+       return estrdup(txt_addr);
 }
 /* }}} */
 [2010-12-29 13:11 UTC] jani@php.net
-Summary: gethostbyname IPv6 +Summary: Add IPv6 support in gethostbyname() -Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: Network related -Operating System: Windows/Linux +Operating System: * -PHP Version: 5.3.0 +PHP Version: *
 [2013-03-08 20:52 UTC] landy2005 at gmail dot com
any progress on this?
 [2013-09-09 07:09 UTC] mikhey at zloy dot org
Please, Add IPv6 support in gethostbyname
 [2020-07-20 13:44 UTC] neufeind@php.net
Probably gethostbynamel() which already returns a list? Or gethostbyname2() to mimic what the underlying system uses?

But still not having IPv6-support in 2020 sounds wrong.
 
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