forumnz Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Hello all, it's been a while! Good to be back. I am having trouble with a script I'm trying to modify to seach for domains with specific extensions. Now, I have never done any domain checking before and I'm a little bewildered. The script uses an array and checks the input against each extension using the array. Each line looks similar to: '.com' => array('whois.crsnic.net','No match for'), What does the whois.crsnic.net mean? I assume it's a register/database of domains? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSkyIS Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 it's a whois server. if you go to command line (mac/unix, at least) and do whois domain.com, the system contacts a whois server to retrieve and display registration information for that domain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forumnz Posted February 3, 2011 Author Share Posted February 3, 2011 Thanks for that. I'm trying to search .nz domain names and have found that there is whois server located at whois.domainz.net.nz so I have done: '.co.nz' => array('whois.domainz.net.nz','No match for'), Problem is, it says that every domain I search is taken. I know for a fact that some that I searched are available. What could be causing this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSkyIS Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 it says that every domain I search is taken what says every domain is taken? what code are you using? fyi: most whois servers have a limit on requests and they will block or ignore you if you go over that limit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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