gethostbyname
(PHP 3, PHP 4 )
gethostbyname --
Get the IP address corresponding to a given Internet host name
Description
string
gethostbyname ( string hostname)
Returns the IP address of the Internet host specified by
hostname or a string containing the unmodified
hostname on failure.
Example 1. A simple gethostbyname() example
<?php $ip = gethostbyname('www.example.com');
echo $ip; ?>
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See also gethostbyaddr().