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Bug #13422 gethostbyname() returns hostname when ip address is part of hostname
Submitted: 2001-09-24 18:04 UTC Modified: 2001-09-25 09:50 UTC
From: gardner at armory dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Unknown/Other Function
PHP Version: 4.0.4pl1 OS: Linux 2.2 SMP
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2001-09-24 18:04 UTC] gardner at armory dot com 
When you pass a host name such as ip-255-255-255-255.reverse.mobilenetics.com to gethostbyname() it returns the hostname, not the ip address.

Regular hostnames like google.com work.

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 [2001-09-25 09:50 UTC] sniper@php.net 
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