gordywills/server-ip

a tool to retrieve the server ip addresses

ServerIP

Introduction

This is a little tool I wrote to help with a Raspberry Pi project. It very simply tries to ascertain values for the loacl IPv4, IPv6 and external (either standard) IP Addresses. It then hold them together in a single object as IP objects defined in Leth\PHP-IPAddress., _(*1)

This is my very first attempt at putting something in composer, so feed back is welcomed, but be gentle., _(*2)

Installation

Using composer is preferred:, _(*3)

Commandline: php composer.phar require "gordywills/server-ip":"dev-master", _(*4)

composer.json:, _(*5)

{
    "require": {
        "gordywills/server-ip": "dev-master"
    }
}

Use

Instantiate a new instance:, _(*6)

<?php
$serverIPAddresses = new ServerIP\Addresses();

Then access the address string through the public methods:, _(*7)

<?php
echo $serverIPAddresses->getLocalIP4String();

Public Methods

• public function getLocalIP4()
• public function getLocalIP6() Under windows always returns loopback addr
• public function getExternalIP() If no Internet connection available returns local loopback

Get an object representing the IP Address, _(*8)

• public function getLocalIP4String()
• public function getLocalIP6String()
• public function getExternalIPString()

Get a string in human readable form, _(*9)

• public function refreshIPs()

Update all the IP addresses in case they have changed since the object was created, _(*10)

Example

<?php
//initiate the composer autoload
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use ServerIP\Addresses;

$serverIPAddresses = new Addresses();

echo $serverIPAddresses->getLocalIP4String();
echo "\n";
echo $serverIPAddresses->getLocalIP6String();
echo "\n";
echo $serverIPAddresses->getExternalIPString();
echo "\n";