Net_Whois::query()

Description

Executes a Whois query on a server

Parameter

• string $query - the Whois database object to look up

• string $server - the name of the server or the IP-adress

Return value

string - the data from the Whois request.

Throws

Note

This function can be called statically.

Example

<?php
require_once "Net/Whois.php";

$server = "whois.denic.de";
$query  = "phpcrawler.de";     // get information about
                               // this domain
$data = Net_Whois::query($query, $server);
echo $data;
?>