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                                 gethostbyname

   (PHP 3, PHP 4 )
   gethostbyname --  Get the IP address corresponding to a given Internet
   host name

Description

   string gethostbyname ( string hostname)

   Returns the IP address of the Internet host specified by hostname or a
   string containing the unmodified hostname on failure.

   Example 1. A simple gethostbyname() example
   <?php
   $ip = gethostbyname('www.example.com');
   echo $ip;
   ?>

   See also gethostbyaddr().
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