note 119535 added to function.gethostbynamel

If using gethostbyname against the name of the localhost is always giving you 127.0.0.1 but you want the DNS address instead, just put a dot at the end of the name. E.g., $foo = gethostbynamel("myhost.example.com"); print_r($foo); ...is giving you this: Array ( [0] => 127.0.0.1 ) Then put a dot at the end of the name: $foo = gethostbynamel("myhost.example.com."); print_r($foo); ...and now you get something like: Array ( [0] => 172.217.1.99 ) ---- Server IP: 216.235.13.26 Probable Submitter: 156.57.26.172 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.gethostbynamel.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/119535 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119535/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119535/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119535/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119535/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119535/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119535/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119535 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/119535 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php