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