string Net_Whois::query (
string $query
, string $server
)
Executes a Whois query on a server
string $query - the Whois database object to look up
string $server - the name of the server or its IP address
string - the data from the Whois request.
| Error code | Error message | Reason | Solution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
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().
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;
?>