gethostbyname

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gethostbyname - Get the IPv4 address corresponding to a given Internet host name
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gethostbyname( string$hostname ): string

Returns the IPv4 address of the Internet host specified by hostname.

Parameters

hostname

The host name.

Return Values

Returns the IPv4 address or a string containing the unmodified hostname on failure.

Related Functions

  • gethostbyaddr - Get the Internet host name corresponding to a given IP address
  • gethostbynamel - Get a list of IPv4 addresses corresponding to a given Internet host name
  • inet_ntop - Converts a packed internet address to a human readable representation
  • inet_pton - Converts a human readable IP address to its packed in_addr representation

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