Whois Query In PHP

Using the below function you would be able to get complete whois details regarding the owner of any domain. This is the easiest way to find details of any domain.

function whois_query($domain) {

// fix the domain name:
$domain = strtolower(trim($domain));
$domain = preg_replace(‘/^http:\/\//i’, ”, $domain);
$domain = preg_replace(‘/^www\./i’, ”, $domain);
$domain = explode(‘/’, $domain);
$domain = trim($domain[0]);

// split the TLD from domain name
$_domain = explode(‘.’, $domain);
$lst = count($_domain)-1;
$ext = $_domain[$lst];

// You find resources and lists
// like these on wikipedia:
//
// http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whois
//
$servers = array(
“biz” => “whois.neulevel.biz”,
“com” => “whois.internic.net”,
“us” => “whois.nic.us”,
“coop” => “whois.nic.coop”,
“info” => “whois.nic.info”,
“name” => “whois.nic.name”,
“net” => “whois.internic.net”,
“gov” => “whois.nic.gov”,
“edu” => “whois.internic.net”,
“mil” => “rs.internic.net”,
“int” => “whois.iana.org”,
“ac” => “whois.nic.ac”,
“ae” => “whois.uaenic.ae”,
“at” => “whois.ripe.net”,
“au” => “whois.aunic.net”,
“be” => “whois.dns.be”,
“bg” => “whois.ripe.net”,
“br” => “whois.registro.br”,
“bz” => “whois.belizenic.bz”,
“ca” => “whois.cira.ca”,
“cc” => “whois.nic.cc”,
“ch” => “whois.nic.ch”,
“cl” => “whois.nic.cl”,
“cn” => “whois.cnnic.net.cn”,
“cz” => “whois.nic.cz”,
“de” => “whois.nic.de”,
“fr” => “whois.nic.fr”,
“hu” => “whois.nic.hu”,
“ie” => “whois.domainregistry.ie”,
“il” => “whois.isoc.org.il”,
“in” => “whois.ncst.ernet.in”,
“ir” => “whois.nic.ir”,
“mc” => “whois.ripe.net”,
“to” => “whois.tonic.to”,
“tv” => “whois.tv”,
“ru” => “whois.ripn.net”,
“org” => “whois.pir.org”,
“aero” => “whois.information.aero”,
“nl” => “whois.domain-registry.nl”
);

if (!isset($servers[$ext])){
die(‘Error: No matching nic server found!’);
}

$nic_server = $servers[$ext];

$output = ”;

// connect to whois server:
if ($conn = fsockopen ($nic_server, 43)) {
fputs($conn, $domain.”\r\n”);
while(!feof($conn)) {
$output .= fgets($conn,128);
}
fclose($conn);
}
else { die(‘Error: Could not connect to ‘ . $nic_server . ‘!’); }

return $output;
}

Syntax

<?php
$domain = “http://www.w2class.com”;
$result = whois_query($domain);
print_r($result);
?>