Ip.rst

Ip

Validates that a value is a valid IP address. By default, this will validate the value as IPv4, but a number of different options exist to validate as IPv6 and many other combinations.

Applies to	:ref:`property or method<validation-property-target>`
Options	version message
Class	:class:`Symfony\\Component\\Validator\\Constraints\\Ip`
Validator	:class:`Symfony\\Component\\Validator\\Constraints\\IpValidator`

Basic Usage

.. configuration-block::

    .. code-block:: yaml

        # src/BlogBundle/Resources/config/validation.yml
        Acme\BlogBundle\Entity\Author:
            properties:
                ipAddress:
                    - Ip:

    .. code-block:: php-annotations

        // src/Acme/BlogBundle/Entity/Author.php
        namespace Acme\BlogBundle\Entity;

        use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

        class Author
        {
            /**
             * @Assert\Ip
             */
             protected $ipAddress;
        }

    .. code-block:: xml

        <!-- src/Acme/BlogBundle/Resources/config/validation.xml -->
        <class name="Acme\BlogBundle\Entity\Author">
            <property name="ipAddress">
                <constraint name="Ip" />
            </property>
        </class>

    .. code-block:: php

        // src/Acme/BlogBundle/Entity/Author.php
        namespace Acme\BlogBundle\Entity;

        use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
        use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

        class Author
        {
            public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
            {
                $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('ipAddress', new Assert\Ip());
            }
        }

Options

version

type: string default: 4

This determines exactly how the ip address is validated and can take one of a variety of different values:

All ranges

• 4 - Validates for IPv4 addresses
• 6 - Validates for IPv6 addresses
• all - Validates all IP formats

No private ranges

• 4_no_priv - Validates for IPv4 but without private IP ranges
• 6_no_priv - Validates for IPv6 but without private IP ranges
• all_no_priv - Validates for all IP formats but without private IP ranges

No reserved ranges

• 4_no_res - Validates for IPv4 but without reserved IP ranges
• 6_no_res - Validates for IPv6 but without reserved IP ranges
• all_no_res - Validates for all IP formats but without reserved IP ranges

Only public ranges

• 4_public - Validates for IPv4 but without private and reserved ranges
• 6_public - Validates for IPv6 but without private and reserved ranges
• all_public - Validates for all IP formats but without private and reserved ranges

message

type: string default: This is not a valid IP address

This message is shown if the string is not a valid IP address.