RE: [PHP] how to validate a domain

According to google there are several soap services that offer whois. It looks like a lot of them are old outdated links, however some still seem to exist. I'm not sure how anyone could ever profit from free soap services unless they gave the service for free for long enough to become the standard and then start to charge. I'm guessing that is why a lot of the older links no longer exist. http://wavendon.dsdata.co.uk/axis/services/WhoisData?wsdl responded to generate the schema. I don't know if they search all of the domain names or not either. Larry -----Original Message----- From: Vail, Warren [mailto:Warren.Vail@schwab.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 9:45 PM To: 'Elliot J. Balanza'; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] how to validate a domain If you register as a domain name reseller, your registrar provider will usually provide you access to checking which domains that are available, sometimes beyond the usual .com/.net/.org/ etc. top level domain. you should be able to "Google" a list. I don't know of any that are free anymore. Warren Vail -----Original Message----- From: Elliot J. Balanza [mailto:webmaster@mbtradingco.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 7:21 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] how to validate a domain I used to use a socket to whois database to validate if a domain name is available or not. Now i can't do that cause whois requires different parameters does anyone knows how i can validate if a domain name is available or not true .php? Vamp -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php