这段正则表达式的含义？

Question

整个函数是获取真实IP的，

 function real_ip()
{
    static $realip = NULL;

    if ($realip !== NULL)
    {
        return $realip;
    }

    if (isset($_SERVER))
    {
        if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']))
        {
            $arr = explode(',', $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']);

            /* 取X-Forwarded-For中第一个非unknown的有效IP字符串 */
            foreach ($arr AS $ip)
            {
                $ip = trim($ip);

                if ($ip != 'unknown')
                {
                    $realip = $ip;

                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        elseif (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP']))
        {
            $realip = $_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'];
        }
        else
        {
            if (isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']))
            {
                $realip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
            }
            else
            {
                $realip = '0.0.0.0';
            }
        }
    }
    else
    {
        if (getenv('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'))
        {
            $realip = getenv('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR');
        }
        elseif (getenv('HTTP_CLIENT_IP'))
        {
            $realip = getenv('HTTP_CLIENT_IP');
        }
        else
        {
            $realip = getenv('REMOTE_ADDR');
        }
    }

    preg_match("/[\d\.]{7,15}/", $realip, $onlineip);
    $realip = !empty($onlineip[0]) ? $onlineip[0] : '0.0.0.0';

    return $realip;
}

preg_match("/[\d.]{7,15}/", $realip, $onlineip); 这里的正则表达式有点不明白，
为什么数字或点要重复七到十五次？

Answer 1

这个是用来匹配ipv6的。