Network Functions

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

Network Functions