PHP gethostbyaddr() Function
The PHP gethostbyaddr() function returns the host name of the Internet host specified by the given IP address. The function returns the unmodified ip on failure, or false on malformed input.
Syntax
gethostbyaddr(ip)
Parameters
ip |
Required. Specify the host IP address. |
Return Value
Returns the host name on success, the unmodified ip on failure, or false on malformed input.
Example:
The example below shows the usage of gethostbyaddr() function.
<?php
$ip = gethostbyname('www.alphacodingskills.com');
$hostname = gethostbyaddr($ip);
print_r($hostname);
?>
The output of the above code will be:
131.60.66.34.bc.googleusercontent.com
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