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How can I get the MX records for a domain from inside PHP?

How can I get DNS records for a domain or IP from inside PHP?

Can I get the IP address for a known host in PHP?

Jul 4th, 1999 21:46
Nathan Wallace, Stephen Benjamin

Network Functions:
    http://www.php.net/manual/ref.network.php3

gethostbyaddr - Get the Internet host name corresponding to
a given IP address:
    http://www.php.net/manual/function.gethostbyaddr.php3

gethostbyname - Get the IP address corresponding to a given Internet
host name:
    http://www.php.net/manual/function.gethostbyname.php3

gethostbynamel - Get a list of IP addresses corresponding to a given
Internet host name:
    http://www.php.net/manual/function.gethostbynamel.php3

checkdnsrr - Check DNS records corresponding to a given Internet
host name or IP address:
    http://www.php.net/manualfunction.checkdnsrr.php3

getmxrr - Get MX records corresponding to a given Internet
host name:
    http://www.php.net/manual/function.getmxrr.php3