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Net_Whois::query()

Net_Whois::query() -- does a whois query

Synopsis

require_once 'Net/Whois.php';

string Net_Whois::query (string $query, string $server)

Description

Executes a Whois query on a server

Parameter

Return value

string - the data from the Whois request.

Throws

Table 38-1. Possible PEAR_Error values

Error codeError messageReasonSolution
every " Error connecting to server (Net_Socket says: Error-Message.) " Connection to server failed Check typing of server address and make sure the host is connected to the network.

Note: You will not get a PEAR_Error, if the query fails due to a not existing whois object. This can be only done by checking the data returned by query().

Note

This function can be called statically.

Example

Example 38-1. Using Whois-query()

<?php
require_once "Net/Whois.php";

$server = "whois.denic.de";
$query  = "phpcrawler.de";     // get information about
                               // this domain
$whois = new Net_Whois;
$data = $whois->query($query, $server);
echo $data;
?>
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