gethostbyaddr
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
gethostbyaddr —
Get the Internet host name corresponding to a given IP address
Description
string gethostbyaddr
( string $ip_address
)
Parameters
-
ip_address
-
The host IP address.
Return Values
Returns the host name or the unmodified ip_address
on failure.
Examples
Example #1 A simple gethostbyaddr() example
<?php
$hostname = gethostbyaddr($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
echo $hostname;
?>