导入时对二进制IP地址的API调用显示奇怪的格式

Question

Im doing an API GET call to get some IP addresses. These are stored in a MySQL database, as Binary(16) type. Example:

0x00000000000000000000ffff0104ce7f

As this is in HEX format, by converting ffff0104ce7f I get the IP address (in this instance it converts to 1.4.206.127 )

When I make the API GET call I get

\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00??\x01\x04?\x7F

This is the hex i get, when trying to get the above mentioned IP address that is stored as

0x00000000000000000000ffff0104ce7f

in the database.

Im importing the data into a PHP website.

How do I convert the HEX string ( \\x00\\x00.. ) into something readable in PHP, preferably an IP address as a string, eg 1.4.206.127 ?

Answer 1

Above problem should have worked with this

solution but apparently it didn't ... SO I am thinking maybe the response

\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00\\x00??\\x01\\x04?\\x7F

you are getting is not correct... but then I could be wrong!