PHP Function to Function to Check Domain Availability
This function will check for the availability of the domain you gave as the argument. Note: This script will only work in Linux system - it uses the whois command to do the lookup.
Documentation
- Function: checkDomainAvailability($domain)
- Argument: $domain - the name of the domain you want to check.
- Return: Boolean - true if the domain is available - and false if its not.
Example
$domain = 'bin-co.com';
if(checkDomainAvailability($domain)) {
print "Domain '$domain' available.";
} else {
print "Domain '$domain' NOT available. Sorry!";
}
Code
<?php
/**
* This function will check for the availabilty of the domain you gave as the argument. Note: This
* script will only work in Linux system - it uses the whois command to do the lookup.
* Argument: $domain - the name of the domain you want to check.
* Return: Bolean - true if the domain is availabile - and false if its not.
* http://www.bin-co.com/php/scripts/online/check_domain_availability/
*/
function checkDomainAvailability($domain) {
if(preg_match('/[;\&\|\>\<]/', $domain)) exit; //Could be a hack attempt
exec("whois " . escapeshellarg($domain), $output); //:CAREFUL:
$result = implode("\n", $output);
return (strpos($result, 'No match for domain') !== false);
}
License
BSD License, as always
