gethostbyname

PHP function Edit on GitHub ✎

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

Get the IPv4 address corresponding to a given Internet host name

Description

gethostbyname(string $hostname): string

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

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

A simple gethostbyname() example

php

<?php
$ip = gethostbyname('www.example.com');

echo $ip;
?>