How do I query via php spamhaus ip blacklist

Question

Trying to query spamhaus.org for blacklisted ip. An example is 69.35.160.59 If I go to https://www.spamhaus.org/lookup/ and enter it, it shows on blacklist same with 112.198.83.17, however the following code returns an empty array.

I print out the url and it looks correctly formatted in reverse ip 17.83.198.112.zen.spamhaus.org.

Any ideas?

<?php

    $ip = "112.198.83.17";
    $blacklist = "zen.spamhaus.org";
    $url = implode(".", array_reverse(explode(".", $ip))) . ".". $blacklist;
    echo "$url<br>";
    $record = dns_get_record($url);
    print_r ($record);

?>

Answer 1

You doing right. See here for result codes http://www.spamhaus.org/faq/section/DNSBL%20Usage#366

Here is my output for ip 69.35.160.59

Array (
    [0] => Array
        (
            [host] => 59.160.35.69.zen.spamhaus.org
            [type] => A
            [ip] => 127.0.0.4
            [class] => IN
            [ttl] => 900
        )

[1] => Array
    (
        [host] => 59.160.35.69.zen.spamhaus.org
        [type] => TXT
        [txt] => http://www.spamhaus.org/query/bl?ip=69.35.160.59
        [entries] => Array
            (
                [0] => http://www.spamhaus.org/query/bl?ip=69.35.160.59
            )

        [class] => IN
        [ttl] => 900
    )