note 75098 added to function.gethostbyname

I see that some of you have suggested using dig rather than php's gethostbyname(). Could you guys explain why that might be better? Using dig would mean I'd need to enable system execution in my php.ini, which may not be good security-wise on the server. ---- Server IP: 221.130.191.66 Probable Submitter: 72.37.164.221 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.gethostbyname.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/75098 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75098/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75098/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75098/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75098/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75098/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75098/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75098 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/75098 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php