IP from Hostname

[Asheeown]

I have a list of sites in this form: www.example.com

 

Now, obvious to start with gethostbyname() right?  Well all it returns is the hostname right back.

 

$ip = gethostbyname($x);
echo "$x - $ip<br>";

 

Something I'm doing wrong here?

[oni-kun]

I'd recommend just trying this code to see if it works on your server to test if everything is working alright. Your server's DNS may be malfunctioning or the website.. physically.. example.com may not have a corresponding IP that can be parsed.

$ip = gethostbyname('www.google.com'); //Returns 74.125.127.104 for me.
echo $ip;