- var_dump: documentation ( source)
- ip2long: documentation ( source)
<?php
$ip = '127.0.0.1';
$long = ip2long($ip);
var_dump($ip);
var_dump($long);
var_dump(is_string($ip));
var_dump(is_string($long));
var_dump(intval($ip) === $ip); // Detect whether the IP was already a long.