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gethostbynamel

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(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Get a list of IPv4 addresses corresponding to a given Internet host name

Description

gethostbynamel(string $hostname): array|false

Returns a list of IPv4 addresses to which the Internet host specified by hostname resolves.

Returns an array of IPv4 addresses or false if hostname could not be resolved.

php

<?php
$hosts = gethostbynamel('www.example.com');
print_r($hosts);
?>

The above example will output:

output

Array
(
    [0] => 192.0.34.166
)