Does PHP have a built-in alternative to exec("nslookup")?

Question

I have the following command in my PHP class:

@exec('nslookup -type=' . $type . ' ' . escapeshellcmd($host), $output);

This doesn't run on my server because of security restrictions (exec and escapeshellcmd are disabled from php.ini). Is there any alternative that doesn't rely on exec?

Answer 1

You can use dns_get_record():

http://www.php.net/dns_get_record