Resolve hostname in PHP using different name server

Question

How I can resolve hostname to IP address using PHP, but using different nameserver (eg. OpenDNS or Google Public DNS).

It not seem that dns_get_record() or gethostbyname() are able to use a different nameserver than one currently set up on the system (in TCP/IP settings or in /etc/resolv.conf).

The only way I've found is using PEAR class Net/DNS, but it gives me lots of warnings under PHP 5.4

Answer 1

<?
require_once 'Net/DNS2.php';

$resolver = new Net_DNS2_Resolver( array('nameservers' => array('208.67.222.123')) );

$resp = $resolver->query("hooktube.com.", 'A');

print_r($resp);

echo $resp->answer[0]->address;