PHP gethostbyname returns hostname instead of IP address

Question

I am checking current hosting IP of websites using

$ip = gethostbyname('domainname.com');

It Returns IP address of websites working well but for some domains it returns back the domain name

$ip = gethostbyname('domainname.com');

Returns:

domianname.com

http://php.net/manual/en/function.gethostbyname.php -> `Returns the IPv4 address or a string containing the unmodified hostname on failure.` . if you want to get server ip, try `$server_ip = gethostbyname(gethostname());` from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5800927/how-to-identify-server-ip-address-in-php — Andrew, Jan 30 '16 at 09:29

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 30 '16 at 09:40

4

As mentioned in the documentation:

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

So you are on a failure situation.

answered Jan 30 '16 at 09:40

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