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Informations about the package php-whois

PHP WHOIS

PHP version Packagist

PHP WHOIS client implementation. Sends the queries directly to the WHOIS services.

Project Origin: This project is a maintained fork of io-developer/php-whois. This version (1.0.0) is based on the original version 4.1.10.

⚠️ Important: Rate Limiting & IP Blocking

WHOIS servers often implement strict rate limiting policies. Sending too many queries in a short period of time may result in your IP address being temporarily or permanently blocked by the WHOIS server.

It is strongly recommended to:

Use case

Installation

System requirements:

Optional:

Project requirements:
Composer:

or composer.json:

Usage

Domain lookup

How to get summary about domain:
Exceptions on domain lookup:
Proxy with SOCKS5:
TLD hosts customization:
TLD default/fallback servers:

ASN lookup

How to get summary using ASN number:

Response caching

Some TLD hosts are very limited for frequent requests. Use cache if in your case requests are repeating.

Develompment

Supported php versions are configured in docker-compose.yml

Common use cases:

  1. Set up & run all tests: docker compose up --build
  2. Run tests under specific php version: docker compose up php-8.2_intl --build
  3. Run scripts: docker compose run php-8.2_intl bin/php-whois info google.com

Also see TESTS.md

Roadmap / TODO

Contributing

The project is open for pull requests, issues and feedback. Please read the CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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