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# gethostbyname

(PHP 3, PHP 4 )

gethostbyname -- Get the IP address corresponding to a given Internet host name

## Description

string gethostbyname ( string hostname)

Returns the IP address of the Internet host specified by `hostname` or a string containing the unmodified `hostname` on failure.

See also gethostbyaddr().

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