fix testing and name resolution of ipv6 only hosts

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/functions/connection.php b/functions/connection.php
index 54f7236..a6049cd 100644
--- a/functions/connection.php
+++ b/functions/connection.php
@@ -15,7 +15,18 @@
 // along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 function fixed_gethostbyname($host) {
-  $ip = gethostbyname($host);
+  $ips = dns_get_record($host, DNS_A + DNS_AAAA);
+  sort($ips);
+  foreach ($ips as $key => $value) {
+    if ($value['type'] === "AAAA") {
+      $ip = $value['ipv6'];
+    } elseif ($value['type'] === "A") {
+      $ip = $value['ip'];
+    } else {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+  pre_dump($ips);
   if ($ip != $host) { 
     return $ip; 
   } else {
diff --git a/functions/variables.php b/functions/variables.php
index a2e1d24..09a794c 100644
--- a/functions/variables.php
+++ b/functions/variables.php
@@ -50,9 +50,7 @@ function parse_hostname($u_hostname){
         $parts[1] = preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9\.\:_-]/', '', $parts[1]);
         if (filter_var($parts[1], FILTER_VALIDATE_IP, FILTER_FLAG_IPV6 ) or filter_var($parts[1], FILTER_VALIDATE_IP, FILTER_FLAG_IPV4 )) {
             $ip = mb_strtolower($parts[1]);
-        } else {
-            $ip = fixed_gethostbyname($hostname);
-        }
+        } 
     } else {
         if (filter_var($hostname, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP, FILTER_FLAG_IPV4 )) {
             $ip = $hostname;