[Resolved] PHP Whois

[champ_rock]

PHP whois

hi

please tell me what php code do i have to write for getting the whois information of a particular domain from the registry?

i am looking for only .com and .net registries right now

thanks

 

[Peter]

What I'd like to know is how you get around the issue of some registrar's not listing complete info in their whois registries and forcing you to use a web interface with a captcha to get the information.

Have you got an example of such a domain that requires this?

ya it is denying my requests.

this is happening after i check about 10-12 domains

if anyone finds a solution to this then it would be great

The only possible solutions are as follows:-

1) Find out how many queries you can make in x amount of time and use sleep or usleep to ensure you do not do too many queries.
2) Use more than 1 whois server to find the results.
3) Use a bank of proxies that will help.

The best solution is a combination of options 1 and 2. Option 3 should be avoided as it could end up you being permanently banned from using the whois server in question.

 

[rocko78]

Thanks for this tool!
Can anybody just tell how to get the available or not status? I mean if the domain is available show XXXX and if not show "YYYY"

Thanks!

 

[champ_rock]

The only possible solutions are as follows:-

1) Find out how many queries you can make in x amount of time and use sleep or usleep to ensure you do not do too many queries.
2) Use more than 1 whois server to find the results.
3) Use a bank of proxies that will help.

The best solution is a combination of options 1 and 2. Option 3 should be avoided as it could end up you being permanently banned from using the whois server in question.

1. i do not think there is any time limit. i have tried sleep(5) and sometimes it gives me an error with that also. sometimes it runs fine even without any sleep

2. different whois servers is definately a help. i will rotate between those three servers that u mentioned

3. proxies: i think that requires
a. more advanced coding which i am not familiar with
b. good proxies are hard to find therefore the script will hardly function when any proxy goes down

 

[Dotmainer]

are you running that on your local server ? or on real hosting ?

Maybe if its on real hosting (exp. GoDaddy) there are more
whois lookups from other machines / ppls trying to register domains etc.

 

[champ_rock]

it is on a shared hosting. the servers are at "LayeredTech"

i think that might be the case. i will try to switch my hosting for this purpose. may be it will work then