Network Functions

gethostbyname

Get the IPv4 address corresponding to a given Internet host name

Description

string gethostbyname(string $hostname)

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

Parameters

hostname: The host name.

Return Values

Returns the IPv4 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;
?>

See Also

gethostbyaddr
gethostbynamel
inet_pton
inet_ntop