Get the IPv4 address corresponding to a given Internet host name
Syntax
gethostbyname ( string $hostname ) : string
Parameters
hostname
The host name.
Return
Returns the IPv4 address or a string containing the unmodified hostname on failure.
Examples
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<? $hostname = 'php.net'; $return = gethostbyname($hostname); echo $return; ?>
185.85.0.29