PHP

DNS Query MX Records

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Shows how to perform a DNS query to retrieve MX records.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.96 or later.

Chilkat2 PHP

<?php

use Chilkat2\Dns;
use Chilkat2\JsonObject;

$success = false;

$dns = new Dns();

$json = new JsonObject();
$json->EmitCompact = false;

$success = $dns->Query('MX', 'somebody@gmail.com', $json);
if (!$success) {
    echo $dns->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

echo $json->Emit(), "\n";

// Sample response.
// Parsing code below..

// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Note: Chilkat will return the results sorted by "pref" from lowest to highest.
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

// {
//   "answer": {
//     "mx": [
//       {
//         "name": "gmail.com",
//         "ttl": 491,
//         "pref": 5,
//         "domain": "gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com"
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "gmail.com",
//         "ttl": 491,
//         "pref": 10,
//         "domain": "alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com"
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "gmail.com",
//         "ttl": 491,
//         "pref": 20,
//         "domain": "alt2.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com"
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "gmail.com",
//         "ttl": 491,
//         "pref": 30,
//         "domain": "alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com"
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "gmail.com",
//         "ttl": 491,
//         "pref": 40,
//         "domain": "alt4.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com"
//       }
//     ]
//   }
// }

// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON

$name = '';
$ttl = 0;
$pref = 0;
$domain = '';

$i = 0;
$count_i = $json->SizeOfArray('answer.mx');
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $json->I = $i;
    $name = $json->StringOf('answer.mx[i].name');
    $ttl = $json->IntOf('answer.mx[i].ttl');
    $pref = $json->IntOf('answer.mx[i].pref');
    $domain = $json->StringOf('answer.mx[i].domain');
    $i = $i + 1;
}