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# gethostbynamel

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

gethostbynamel -- Get a list of IP addresses corresponding to a given Internet host name

## Description

array gethostbynamel ( string hostname )

Returns a list of IP addresses to which the Internet host specified by `hostname` resolves. Returns `FALSE` if `hostname` could not be resolved.

Example 1. gethostbynamel() example

`<?php $hosts = gethostbynamel('www.example.com'); print_r($hosts); ?>`

The printout of the above program will be:

    Array
    (
        [0] => 192.0.34.166
    )

## See Also

gethostbyname()
gethostbyaddr()
checkdnsrr()
getmxrr()
the `named(8)` manual page

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