gethostbyname
Get the IPv4 address corresponding to a given Internet host name
Description
string gethostbyname(string $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