PHP Get IP based on host name

Question

I have to implement a solution from WinApp written in C# to PHP. I need to extract the IP based on the host name. The below piece of code works perfectly:

IPHostEntry LocalHostIPEntry = Dns.GetHostEntry(hostname);
IPAddress LocalHostIP = LocalHostIPEntry.AddressList[0];
string ipfromhost = LocalHostIP.ToString();

The only option I've found so far in PHP is:

gethostbyname('hostname');

But that returns a different IP for the same host than the C# code. Furthermore, the IP it returns is incorrect. If I check the related host using nslookup -IPaddress- then I get a totally different hostname.

What's going on? What other methods could be used to lookup the IP of a host on the network using PHP?

Answer 1

you can use the php dns_get_record function

array dns_get_record ( string $hostname [, int $type = DNS_ANY [, array &$authns [, array &$addtl [, bool &$raw = false ]]]] )

And then look in the array for a record of type A (means IPv4)