https://github.com/mallardduck/php-whois-client

A very basic Whois client for PHP. The library limits function to be a low-level client that handles only request and raw output.
https://github.com/mallardduck/php-whois-client

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A very basic Whois client for PHP. The library limits function to be a low-level client that handles only request and raw output.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mallardduck/php-whois-client
• Owner: mallardduck
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2018-02-24T04:40:42.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-01-22T01:58:44.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-10-04T09:50:21.948Z (9 months ago)
• Topics: php, php-library, whois, whois-client, whois-lookup
• Language: PHP
• Homepage:
• Size: 348 KB
• Stars: 17
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Whois Client PHP Library

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## A message to Russian 🇷🇺 people

If you currently live in Russia, please read [this message](./ToRussianPeople.md).

## Purpose

When you need to work with Whois lookups in PHP this library provides a very basic client!

Rather than focus on the user-friendly output this library focuses on the raw Whois protocol. The library is limited in

function since its intended to be a low-level client that handles only request and raw output. Basically the package

supports the look-up of a TLDs primary Whois server and then will do a query of the domain provided.

If you're looking for a higher level client, please use: [Whodis](https://github.com/mallardduck/whodis).

## Requirements

* PHP >= 8.1

### Past PHP version support

| PHP | Package |

|-----|---------|

| 8.0 | Current |

| 7.4 | 2.0.7   |

| 7.3 | 1.2.1   |

## Features

* Pure PHP based Whois client.

* Simple API for getting raw Whois results in PHP.

* Unicode IDN and punycode support.

## Installation

The best installation method is to simply use composer.

https://packagist.org/packages/mallardduck/whois-client

### Stable version

```bash

composer require mallardduck/whois-client

```

## Example usage

```php

require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use MallardDuck\Whois\Client;

$client = new Client('whois.nic.me');

$response = $client->makeRequest('danpock.me');

echo $response;

```

## License

Whois Client PHP Library is open source software licensed under the [GPLv3 license](LICENSE).