[TYPO3-core] RFC: Bug 331: Support IPv6 addresses

[Franz Holzinger]

Hello Michael,

>Problems:
>The patch adds quite a lot of new functions. I wonder if it would make sense 
>to move them into a separate file therefore?
>
>  
>
yes, this should come into a new file.


>+	function validIPv6($ip)	{
>+		$uppercaseIP = strtoupper($ip);
>+
>+		$regex = "/^(";
>+		$regex.= "(([\dA-F]{1,4}:){7}[\dA-F]{1,4})|";
>+		$regex.= "(([\dA-F]{1,4}){1}::([\dA-F]{1,4}:){1,5}[\dA-F]{1,4})|";
>+		$regex.= "(([\dA-F]{1,4}:){2}:([\dA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}[\dA-F]{1,4})|";
>+		$regex.= "(([\dA-F]{1,4}:){3}:([\dA-F]{1,4}:){1,3}[\dA-F]{1,4})|";
>+		$regex.= "(([\dA-F]{1,4}:){4}:([\dA-F]{1,4}:){1,2}[\dA-F]{1,4})|";
>+		$regex.= "(([\dA-F]{1,4}:){5}:([\dA-F]{1,4}:){0,1}[\dA-F]{1,4})|";
>+		$regex.= "(::([\dA-F]{1,4}:){0,6}[\dA-F]{1,4})";
>+		$regex.= ")$/";
>  
>
I think it should be possible to find a more simple regular expression
for that.


Greets,

Franz