i wanna save ip in database by number format ,can suggest me string is better way or number ?
like this
function vaild_ip($ip)
{
$ip = trim($ip);
if (filter_var($ip, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP)) {
$ip = sprintf('%d', ip2long($ip));
return $ip;
}
}
$ip = vaild_ip($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);