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# gethostbyname

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

gethostbyname -- Get the IP address corresponding to a given Internet host name

## Описание

string gethostbyname ( string hostname )

Returns the IP address of the Internet host specified by `hostname` or a string containing the unmodified `hostname` on failure.

Пример 1. A simple gethostbyname() example

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

## Смотрите также

gethostbyaddr()
gethostbynamel()

add a note User Contributed Notes
gethostbyname
Josh Finlay josh at glamourcastle dot com
04-Nov-2006 06:55
`gethostbyname and gethostbynamel does not ask for AAAA records. I have written two functions to implement this. gethostbyname6 and gethostbynamel6. I don't believe this issue has been addressed yet.
They are made to replace gethostbyname[l], in a way that if $try_a is true, if it fails to get AAAA records it will fall back on trying to get A records.
Feel free to correct any errors, I realise that it is asking for *both* A and AAAA records, so this means two DNS calls.. probably would be more efficient if it checked $try_a before making the query, but this works for me so I'll leave that up to someone else to implement in their own work.. the tip is out there now anyway..
Here is the code:
function gethostbyname6($host, $try_a = false) {
// get AAAA record for $host
// if $try_a is true, if AAAA fails, it tries for A
// the first match found is returned
// otherwise returns false
$dns = gethostbynamel6($host, $try_a);
if ($dns == false) { return false; }
else { return $dns[0]; }
}
function gethostbynamel6($host, $try_a = false) {
// get AAAA records for $host,
// if $try_a is true, if AAAA fails, it tries for A
// results are returned in an array of ips found matching type
// otherwise returns false
$dns6 = dns_get_record($host, DNS_AAAA);
if ($try_a == true) {
$dns4 = dns_get_record($host, DNS_A);
$dns = array_merge($dns4, $dns6);
}
else { $dns = $dns6; }
$ip6 = array();
$ip4 = array();
foreach ($dns as $record) {
if ($record["type"] == "A") {
$ip4[] = $record["ip"];
}
if ($record["type"] == "AAAA") {
$ip6[] = $record["ipv6"];
}
}
if (count($ip6) < 1) {
if ($try_a == true) {
if (count($ip4) < 1) {
return false;
}
else {
return $ip4;
}
}
else {
return false;
}
}
else {
return $ip6;
}
}`
chris at chollis dot net
15-Oct-2006 10:57
`mmucklo raises a valid point, however the function to use would be getmxrr() in the simplest case, or alternatively checkdnsrr() if you so wish; getdnsrr() does not exist.
On another note, it can be a pain (when iterating with while loops for example) that on failure gethostbyname() returns the hostname, rather than FALSE. You could wrap it in a simple user function, to "correct" this:
<?php
function fixed_gethostbyname ($host) {
// Try the lookup as normal...
$ip = gethostbyname($host);
// ...but if it fails, FALSE is returned instead of the unresolved host
if ($ip != $host) { return $ip; } else return false;
}
?>`
Peter <toomuchphp-phpman at yahoo dot com>
05-Sep-2006 06:33
`One way to discover your IP address automatically:
<?php
// need to trim() because whitespace will confuse the name lookup
$myIP = gethostbyname(trim(`hostname`));
echo $myIP;
?>`
mmucklo at yahoo dot com
16-Aug-2006 11:05
`One note about using gethostbyname() for checking email address domains:
If the name doesn't resolve, follow up with getdnsrr() and make sure they don't have an MX entry before returning an error.
It is possible for a domain name not to have an A record, but still have an MX entry.`
Marc M
08-Aug-2006 08:33
`Just a heads up. I was using this function on my site to verify email host addresses. I thought all was good, until a potential client contacted me and said they couldn't sign up correctly. They have a valid email address and domain, but this function failed.
Good luck.`
ralphbolton at mail2sexy dot com
06-Apr-2006 01:10
`On a side-note, PHP (5.0.4, but probably other versions too) can cache gethostbyname information.
In short, once PHP looks up an address, it may not actually perform another lookup as you may expect. In my particular case (I think) the problem was a change to resolv.conf didn't take effect inside PHP (although nslookup/ping etc worked fine). Stop/Starting Apache fixed it (although a simple 'restart' (kill -HUP) didn't).
In short, if you change resolv.conf, stop and restart Apache.`
ivan[DOT]pirog[AT]gmail[DOT]com
14-Mar-2006 06:57
`Function returns boolean:
<?php
function isDomainResolves($domain)
{
return gethostbyname($domain) != $domain;
}
?>`
mcgrof at gmail dot com
21-Oct-2005 09:10
`Better yet:
<?php
$ip = rtrim(`/usr/bin/dig $host A +short`);
?>`
mcgrof at gmail dot com
21-Oct-2005 09:05
`In PHP4 you can use gethostbyname() but I have found this unreliable when doing lookups on entries that return A records on the private network. PHP5 has a much better routine -- dns_get_record(). If you are stuck with PHP4 or don't want to upgrade you can use dig:
<?php
$ip = `/usr/bin/dig $host A +short`;
?>`
tabascopete78 at yahoo dot com
18-Aug-2005 12:29
`I was using file_get_contents on a set of URLs. Some of them URLs were invalid (the structure of it was ok but the DNS hosts couldn't resolve them) and I kept getting an annoying warning. I wanted to check the DNS somehow but existing check dns function in php doesn't have one for windows and the one a person supplied there does not work 100% of the time.
Instead use this function to try to resolve a host. This won't throw any warnings, you just need to check the output. You'll get the same warnings with fopen and fsockopen.`
cox at idecnet dot com
26-Dec-2004 12:15
`For doing basic RBL (Real Time Blacklist) lookups with this function do:
<?php
$host = '64.53.200.156';
$rbl = 'sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org';
// valid query format is: 156.200.53.64.sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org
$rev = array_reverse(explode('.', $host));
$lookup = implode('.', $rev) . '.' . $rbl;
if ($lookup != gethostbyname($lookup)) {
echo "ip: $host is listed in $rbl\n";
} else {
echo "ip: $host NOT listed in $rbl\n";
}
?>
Tomas V.V.Cox`
Vincent
14-Jul-2004 09:14
`Note that if you pass an IP address to gethostbyname() it will return that IP address.`
30-Mar-2004 02:49
`The dns entries get cached, whether they exist or not. Expect really good response times after the first one.`
christian at SPAM at IS at DEAD at MEAT at karg dot org
01-Apr-2003 04:12
`I had difficulty getting gethostbyname to work under OpenBSD 3.2 and Apache, until I discovered that the default Apache chroot caused the problem.
To get PHP's gethostbyname to work, you need resolv.conf (and possibly hosts) in /var/www/etc (assuming default install dirs).`
tonyhana at sixzeros dot com
04-Jul-2002 07:43
`<?php
//script to time DNS propagation
//(Above script modified slightly to show micro time)
//seems pretty damn quick to me.. I'm getting .0055 sec worstcase badhost times.
//A known good dns name (my own)
$nametotest = "fuzzygroup.com";
//Call address test function
$time_start = getmicrotime();
testipaddress($nametotest);
$time_end = getmicrotime();
$time = $time_end - $time_start;
echo "Good Host Search took $time seconds<br><br>";
//A known bad name (trust me)
$nametotest = "providence.mascot.com";
$time_start = getmicrotime();
testipaddress($nametotest);
$time_end = getmicrotime();
$time = $time_end - $time_start;
echo "Bad Host Search took $time seconds<br>";
function getmicrotime(){
list($usec, $sec) = explode(" ",microtime());
return ((float)$usec + (float)$sec);
}
//ip address checking function
//for real use should have a return value but example code
function testipaddress ($nametotest) {
$ipaddress = $nametotest;
$ipaddress = gethostbyname($nametotest);
if ($ipaddress == $nametotest) {
echo "No ip address for host<br>";
}
else {
echo "good hostname, $nametotest ipaddress = $ipaddress<br>";
}
}
//Recommended fix for sql applications:
// store url to temporary table
// run second process periodically to
// check urls and update main table
?>`
sjohnson at fuzzygroup dot com
16-Mar-2002 10:27
`<?php
//script to see if host exists on Internet
//following up on the above point about host name
//checking and SQL timeouts, run this test script
//and see how long it takes for 2nd call to
//hostname check to fail
//NOTE -- not PHP's fault -- nature of DNS
//A known good dns name (my own)
$nametotest = "fuzzygroup.com";
//Call address test function
testipaddress($nametotest);
//A known bad name (trust me)
$nametotest = "providence.mascot.com";
//Call address test function
testipaddress($nametotest);
//ip address checking function
//for real use should have a return value but example code
function testipaddress ($nametotest) {
$ipaddress = $nametotest;
$ipaddress = gethostbyname($nametotest);
if ($ipaddress == $nametotest) {
echo "No ip address for host, so host "
. "not currently available in DNS and "
. "probably offline for some time<BR>";
}
else {
echo "good hostname, ipaddress = $ipaddress<BR>";
}
}
//Recommended fix for sql applications:
// store url to temporary table
// run second process periodically to
// check urls and update main table
?>`
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