I creating a website and I would like to put on it the option for people to see if a domain is avalible, like you get when you regeister a domain it has to be checked to see if its in use or not.
What langue can i do this in?
Many thanks
Rachel

I am creating a website and I would like to put on it the option for people to see if a domain is avalible, like you get when you regeister a domain it has to be checked to see if its in use or not.
Can i do this in php?? If so how??
Many thanks
Rachel

There is a Whois Lookup available online, I've just got to find it.

Hmm. I was looking for something like this too.

This could be way wrong but maybe verisign.com

I think what you need as an API which you can code directly into your own website. This would then speak to the supplier and return the results. You can usually arrange this with your usual hosting/domain supplier

Originally Posted by tonic

I think what you need as an API which you can code directly into your own website. This would then speak to the supplier and return the results. You can usually arrange this with your usual hosting/domain supplier

Thanks i was hoping it would be something i could coad in tho and cheak it - like in php you can verify email address - i dont know something like that.

I will keep looking and post it when ive found the answer!!
Thanks

There is an ASP version on the web, available http://webwizguide.com/asp/sample_sc...pplication.asp

Hope This Helps.

Here's a good one I've used in the past:
http://www.ep-dev.com/scripts-4.php

PHP Code:

class whois
{
    const timeout = 30;
    const whoishost = 'whois.internic.net';
    
    public static function lookup($domain){

       $result = "";
       $errno = 0;
       $errstr='';
    
       $fd = fsockopen(whois::whoishost,43, $errno, $errstr, whois::timeout);

       if ($fd){
             fputs($fd, $domain."\015\012");
           while (!feof($fd))    {
            $result .= fgets($fd,128) . "<br />";
           }
           fclose($fd);
        }
         return $result;
     }
}

echo whois::lookup('search-for.com'); 


This will dump some info for you reguarding the domin in question. If it is registered it will state that it is but if not you get a clear message stating so.

I.E

No match for "yoursite.com"

So to be precise and just grab a yes or no you could comment out " echo whois::lookup('search-for.com'); " and go for a more usable

PHP Code:

$domain = 'search-for.com';
$result = whois::lookup($domain);  

if(strstr($result, "No match")){
       echo $domain . "seems to be available";
}else{
    echo $domain . "is in use";
    //echo "<hr>";
    //echo $result;
} 


Hope its usefull.
Ibbo

P.S its a php5 version, if you need a 4 I think i can sort one out.