Network Functions
PHP Manual

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
  • gethostbyaddr
  • checkdnsrr
  • getmxrr
  • the named(8) manual page