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gethostbyname

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

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

Descrição

string gethostbyname ( string $hostname )

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

Parâmetros

hostname

The host name.

Valor Retornado

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

Exemplos

Example#1 A simple gethostbyname() example

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

echo 
$ip;
?>