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Get the Internet host name corresponding to a given IP address
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gethostbyaddr

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

gethostbyaddr Get the Internet host name corresponding to a given IP address

Description

string gethostbyaddr ( string $ip_address )

Returns the host name of the Internet host specified by ip_address.

Parameters

ip_address

The host IP address.

Return Values

Returns the host name on success, the unmodified ip_address on failure, or FALSE on malformed input.

Examples

Example #1 A simple gethostbyaddr() example

<?php
$hostname 
gethostbyaddr($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);

echo 
$hostname;
?>

See Also


Network Functions
PHP Manual