(PHP 4, PHP 5)
gethostbyname — Get the IP address corresponding to a given Internet host name
Returns the IP address of the Internet host specified by hostname .
The host name.
Returns the IP address 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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