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"Daniel Brown" wrote :
>> On Jan 16, 2008 2:29 PM, Eric Butera <eric.butera@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> It obviously isn't related to PHP. I figured that most of us are in
>>> the business of making web applications for clients that are
>>> accessed through a domain at some point, so I sent it as a general
>>> warning to people.
>>>
>>> My company has recommended people to use it as a simple starting
>>> point of figuring out what domain name they think they might like.
>>> Of course we never use them for anything other than that, but I
>>> guess the joke is on us in the end, right? :)
>>
>> Eric,
>>
>> If you're using a *nix system, try this. I just whipped it up
>> now, so it's not going to be perfect, but it will give accurate
>> results, without risking any kind of "domain hoarding" (which is
>> ridiculous, and companies should be fined for it, in my opinion):
>>
>> <?
>>
>> if(!isset($argv[1])) {
>> die("Usage: ".$argv[0]." domain.com\n");
>> }
>>
>> $domain = $argv[1];
>>
>> exec('`which dig` '.$domain,$ret,$err);
>>
>> if($err) {
>> die("ERROR: ".$err."\n");
>> }
>>
>> for($i=0;$i<count($ret);$i++) {
>> if(preg_match('/status: (.*),/Ui',$ret[$i],$status)) {
>> switch($status[1]) {
>> case "NXDOMAIN":
>> echo "Domain is not registered.\n";
>> break;
>> case "NOERROR":
>> echo "Domain is registered.\n";
>> break;
>> default:
>> echo "Unknown status.\n";
>> break;
>> }
>> }
>> }
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> </Dan>
>>
>> Daniel P. Brown
>> Senior Unix Geek and #1 Rated "Year's Coolest Guy" By Self Since
>> Nineteen-Seventy-[mumble].
This may help as well,Ive used for sometime now with out problem..
http://www.cyberstrider.net/index.php?page=wewbo
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