I want to get the IP address from $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] and some other $_SERVER variables, which datatype is the right one for this?
Is it VARCHAR(n)?
解决方案
Since IPv4 addresses are 4 byte long, you could use an INT (UNSIGNED) that has exactly 4 bytes:
`ipv4` INT UNSIGNED
And INET_ATON and INET_NTOA to convert them:
INSERT INTO `table` (`ipv4`) VALUES (INET_ATON("127.0.0.1"));
SELECT INET_NTOA(`ipv4`) FROM `table`;
For IPv6 addresses you could use a BINARY instead:
`ipv6` BINARY(16)
And use PHP’s inet_pton and inet_ntop for conversion:
'INSERT INTO `table` (`ipv6`) VALUES ("'.mysqli_real_escape_string(inet_pton('2001:4860:a005::68')).'")'
'SELECT `ipv6` FROM `table`'
$ipv6 = inet_pton($row['ipv6']);