Title: Requests_IPv6
Published: August 16, 2016
Last modified: November 2, 2022

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# class Requests_IPv6 {}

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_ipv6/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Methods](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_ipv6/?output_format=md#methods)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_ipv6/?output_format=md#source)

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Class to validate and to work with IPv6 addresses

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_ipv6/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

This was originally based on the PEAR class of the same name, but has been entirely
rewritten.

## 󠀁[Methods](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_ipv6/?output_format=md#methods)󠁿

| Name | Description | 
| [Requests_IPv6::check_ipv6](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_ipv6/check_ipv6/) | Checks an IPv6 address | 
| [Requests_IPv6::compress](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_ipv6/compress/) | Compresses an IPv6 address | 
| [Requests_IPv6::split_v6_v4](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_ipv6/split_v6_v4/) | Splits an IPv6 address into the IPv6 and IPv4 representation parts | 
| [Requests_IPv6::uncompress](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_ipv6/uncompress/) | Uncompresses an IPv6 address |

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_ipv6/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/requests/ipv6.php/)
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