I'd love to see a proposal and your current work on this, after your CLA is signed (if not already). -Matt
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 1:32 PM, A.J. Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I wrote a library for matching IP addresses, ranges, and networks against > eachother with support for subnet masks, CIDR, and IPv6 a few months ago. > It's useful for writing IP filters (firewall-esque) and such. It uses > bitwise mathematical calculations to do the matching, so it's quick and > solid. > > I'd like to adapt it into Zend Framework. What are your thoughts on > creating a Zend_Net package? > > Here are some quick off-the-top classes I think would be useful: > > Zend_Net_Address (for example) > * Class to represent and translate IP addresses (IPv4 -> IPv6 for example) > * Class to represent and translate network addresses > * Class to represent other protocol addresses, such as MAC address > * Class to handle matching an input IP or range against a pool of classes > from the above examples > > > quick ex: > > $oNetwork = new Zend_Net_Address_Network_IPv4( '192.168.0.0', ' > 255.255.255.0' ); > > // give me an array of Zend_Net_Address_Host_IPv4 objects within this > network > $aAddressesIp4 = $oNetwork->getAddresses(); > > // tell me the class of some IPv4 address > $oHost = new Zend_Net_Address_IPv4( $sUserInput ); > echo $oHost->getNetworkClass(); > > // is the address a private address? > echo $oHost->isPrivate() ? 'yes' : 'no'; > > > What are your thoughts? I can think of a few use-cases where this would be > useful for rapid development and easy cooperation with the rest of Zend > Framework. > > > -- A.J. Brown > Zend Certfied PHP Engineer > HOME: http://ajbrown.me > BLOG: http://coding-adventures.blogspot.com >
