gethostbynamel

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

Get a list of IPv4 addresses corresponding to a given Internet host name

array gethostbynamel ( string $hostname )

Returns a list of IPv4 addresses to which the Internet host specified by hostname resolves.

Parameters:

hostname

The host name.

Returns:

Returns an array of IPv4 addresses or FALSE if hostname could not be resolved.

Examples:

gethostbynamel() example

<?php
$hosts = gethostbynamel('www.example.com');
print_r($hosts);
?>

The above example will output:

Array
(
    [0] => 192.0.34.166
)