Title: Requests_IPv6::check_ipv6
Published: August 16, 2016
Last modified: November 2, 2022

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# Requests_IPv6::check_ipv6( string $ip ): bool

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_ipv6/check_ipv6/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_ipv6/check_ipv6/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_ipv6/check_ipv6/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_ipv6/check_ipv6/?output_format=md#source)

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Checks an IPv6 address

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_ipv6/check_ipv6/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

Checks if the given IP is a valid IPv6 address

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_ipv6/check_ipv6/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$ip`stringrequired

An IPv6 address

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_ipv6/check_ipv6/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 bool true if $ip is a valid IPv6 address

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_ipv6/check_ipv6/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

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