Net_Whois::query()
Net_Whois::query() – does a whois query
Synopsis
require_once 'Net/Whois.php';
string Net_Whois::query (
string $query
, string $server
)
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 its IP address
Return value
string - the data from the Whois request.
Throws
| Error code | Error message | Reason | Solution |
|---|---|---|---|
| every |
"
Error connecting to server
(Net_Socket says: Error-Message.)
"
|
Connection to server failed | Check typing of server address and make sure the host is connected to the network. |
You will not get a PEAR_Error, if the query fails due to a not existing whois object. This can be only done by checking the data returned by query().
Example
Using Whois-query()
<?php
require_once "Net/Whois.php";
$server = "whois.denic.de";
$query = "phpcrawler.de"; // get information about
// this domain
$whois = new Net_Whois;
$data = $whois->query($query, $server);
echo $data;
?>