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gethostbyaddr

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

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

Description

gethostbyaddr(string $ip): string|false

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

Parameters

ip

The host IP address.

Return Values

Returns the host name on success, the unmodified ip on failure, or false on malformed input.

Examples

Example #1 A simple gethostbyaddr() example

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

echo $hostname;
?>

See Also