Description
string
gethostbyname ( string hostname )
Returns the IP address of the Internet host specified by
hostname or a string containing the unmodified
hostname on failure.
Example 1. A simple gethostbyname() example
<?php
$ip = gethostbyname('www.example.com');
echo $ip;
?>
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See also gethostbyaddr(), and
gethostbynamel().
