Re: whois with php

> However it does not work with biz, org, info or name since all unavailable > domains (the ones that are not yet registered) are pointing automatically to > some registrar. Ok, I found one way around, I simply use exec('host $domain'), which returns a string that is very simple to parse to find if the domain exists or not. I'm not sure about the integrity of the results though, they seem correct. Although, since I'm on dialup, it takes a very long time to verify the results with internic! If you have other suggestions, please tell us! Thanks, xm