(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
Get the IPv4 address corresponding to a given Internet host name
string gethostbyname ( string $hostname )
Returns the IPv4 address of the Internet host specified by hostname
.
Parameters:
hostname
The host name.
Returns:
Returns the IPv4 address or a string containing the unmodified hostname
on failure.
Examples:
A simple gethostbyname() example
<?php $ip = gethostbyname('www.example.com'); echo $ip; ?>
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