IPV6 REGEXP

//Detect IPV6       case 'ipv6':
            return '#^(?:(?:(?:[\dA-F]{1,4}:){6}(?:[\dA-F]{1,4}:[\dA-F]{1,4}|(?:(?:\d{1,2}|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.){3}(?:\d{1,2}|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])))|(?:::(?:[\dA-F]{1,4}:){0,5}(?:[\dA-F]{1,4}(?::[\dA-F]{1,4})?|(?:(?:\d{1,2}|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.){3}(?:\d{1,2}|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])))|(?:(?:[\dA-F]{1,4}:):(?:[\dA-F]{1,4}:){4}(?:[\dA-F]{1,4}:[\dA-F]{1,4}|(?:(?:\d{1,2}|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.){3}(?:\d{1,2}|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])))|(?:(?:[\dA-F]{1,4}:){1,2}:(?:[\dA-F]{1,4}:){3}(?:[\dA-F]{1,4}:[\dA-F]{1,4}|(?:(?:\d{1,2}|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.){3}(?:\d{1,2}|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])))|(?:(?:[\dA-F]{1,4}:){1,3}:(?:[\dA-F]{1,4}:){2}(?:[\dA-F]{1,4}:[\dA-F]{1,4}|(?:(?:\d{1,2}|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.){3}(?:\d{1,2}|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])))|(?:(?:[\dA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}:(?:[\dA-F]{1,4}:)(?:[\dA-F]{1,4}:[\dA-F]{1,4}|(?:(?:\d{1,2}|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.){3}(?:\d{1,2}|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])))|(?:(?:[\dA-F]{1,4}:){1,5}:(?:[\dA-F]{1,4}:[\dA-F]{1,4}|(?:(?:\d{1,2}|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.){3}(?:\d{1,2}|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])))|(?:(?:[\dA-F]{1,4}:){1,6}:[\dA-F]{1,4})|(?:(?:[\dA-F]{1,4}:){1,7}:)|(?:::))$#i';
        break;
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