gethostbynamel
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
gethostbynamel — Get a list of IPv4 addresses corresponding to a given Internet host name
Description
array gethostbynamel
( string $hostname
)
Returns a list of IPv4 addresses to which the Internet host specified by hostname resolves.
Parameters
- hostname
-
The host name.
Return Values
Returns an array of IPv4 addresses or FALSE if hostname could not be resolved.
Examples
Example #1 gethostbynamel() example
<?php
$hosts = gethostbynamel('www.example.com');
print_r($hosts);
?>
The above example will output:
Array
(
[0] => 192.0.34.166
)
See Also
- gethostbyname() - Get the IPv4 address corresponding to a given Internet host name
- gethostbyaddr() - Get the Internet host name corresponding to a given IP address
- checkdnsrr() - Check DNS records corresponding to a given Internet host name or IP address
- getmxrr() - Get MX records corresponding to a given Internet host name
- the named(8) manual page