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gethostbyaddr

Name

gethostbyaddr — Gets the human-readable name for an IP address.

Synopsis

string gethostbyaddr(IP_address);
string IP_address: IP address of the Internet host

Returns

Internet hostname; IP_address argument on error

Description

gethostbyaddr() performs a DNS lookup of an Internet IP address and returns the corresponding domain name. If no name exists, the function returns the IP_address argument.

Version

PHP Version: 3+, 4+

Example

Example 834. Find the hostname for an IP address

<?php
$ip = '18.29.1.31';
$host = gethostbyaddr ($ip);

if ($ip != $host)
    echo "The hostname for <i>$ip</i> is <i>$host</i>.";
else
    echo "I could not successfully look up <i>$ip</i>.";
?>



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