gethostbynamel
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
gethostbynamel — Get a list of IPv4 addresses corresponding to a given Internet host name
Description
gethostbynamel ( string $hostname ) : array
 Returns a list of IPv4 addresses to which the Internet host specified by hostname resolves. 
Parameters
-  
hostname -  
The host name.
 
Return Values
 Returns an array of IPv4 addresses or false if hostname could not be resolved. 
Examples
Example #1 gethostbynamel() example
<?php
$hosts = gethostbynamel('www.example.com');
print_r($hosts);
?> The above example will output:
Array
(
    [0] => 192.0.34.166
)
See Also
- gethostbyname() - Get the IPv4 address corresponding to a given Internet host name
 - gethostbyaddr() - Get the Internet host name corresponding to a given IP address
 - checkdnsrr() - Check DNS records corresponding to a given Internet host name or IP address
 - getmxrr() - Get MX records corresponding to a given Internet host name
 - the 
named(8)manual page 
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