gethostbyname

gethostbyname

Get the IPv4 address corresponding to a given Internet host name

string **gethostbyname** string $hostname

Returns the IPv4 address of the Internet host specified by . hostname

hostnameThe host name.

Returns the IPv4 address or a string containing the unmodified on failure. hostname

Voorbeeld: A simple example

<?php
$ip = gethostbyname('www.example.com');

echo $ip;
?>

gethostbyaddr``gethostbynamel``inet_pton``inet_ntop