A simple to use high-level Whois client for PHP.

• PHP >= 8.0

The best installation method is to simply use composer.

https://packagist.org/packages/mallardduck/whodis

composer require mallardduck/whodis

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

use MallardDuck\Whodis\Whodis;

$whodis = new Whodis();
$response = $whodis->lookup('danpock.me', fullResults: true);
echo $response; // Prints WHOIS results identical to running `whois danpock.me` in shell*.

• = Varies based on CLI whois client, docs assume your client matches BSD whois which provides recursive results by default.

$ composer test

Note: Due to how fast PHP tests run false-negatives can spawn. Whois servers may disconnect during a test resulting in empty response and failing tests.

• Add result parsing features,
• Refactor lookup output to provide POPO of info,
• Allow output as plain text, or POPOs; maybe different methods?

Please see our contributing guide.

If you discover any security related issues, please contact us at [email protected].

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.