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');
print $ip;
?> |  
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     See also gethostbyaddr().