hmm, from http://www.dns.net/dnsrd/rfc/ i get the same idea, yet on other websites it is mentioned sometimes that A6 is the "new" AAAA.. .pretty weird..
if both are used in practice tho, i think PHP should parse them both, don't you think? Ron "Stefan Esser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hello all, > > Ron Korving wrote: > > I noticed the DNS record lookup functions (in the documentation) all refer > > to AAAA as an IPv6 type record. Actually, AAAA is obsolete now.. Of course, > > in PHP it would be very wise to support AAAA, but the official type is A6. > > It is actually the other way around. AAAA is the official standard and > A6 is deprecated for years. > > Stefan -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php