dns

Retrieve DNS records

This package contains a class that can fetch DNS records.

use Spatie\Dns\Dns;

$dns = new Dns();

$dns->getRecords('spatie.be'); // returns all available dns records

$dns->getRecords('spatie.be', 'A'); // returns only A records

You can use various methods to retrieve info of a record.

$records = $dns->getRecords('spatie.be')

$hostNameOfFirstRecord = $records[0]->host();

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Installation

If you do not have dig installed you will need it.

You can install the package via composer:

composer require spatie/dns

Usage

The class can get these record types: A, AAAA, CNAME, NS, PTR, SOA, MX, SRV, TXT, DNSKEY, CAA, NAPTR.

use Spatie\Dns\Dns;

$dns = new Dns();

$dns->getRecords('spatie.be'); // returns all available dns records

$dns->getRecords('spatie.be', 'A'); // returns only A records
$dns->getRecords('spatie.be', ['A', 'CNAME']); // returns both A and CNAME records
$dns->getRecords('spatie.be', DNS_MX); // returns only MX records
$dns->getRecords('spatie.be', DNS_A | DNS_AAAA); // returns both A and AAAA records

getRecords will return an array with objects that implement the Spatie\Dns\Records\Record interface.

Working with DNS records

Here's how you can fetch the first A-record of a domain.

$ARecord = $dns->getRecords('spatie.be', 'A')[0];

These methods can be called on all records:

• host(): returns the host (spatie.be)
• ttl(): return the time to live (900)
• class(): returns the class (IN)
• type(): returns the type (A)

When converting a record to a string you'll get a string with all info separated with tabs.

(string)$ARecord // returns `spatie.be.              900     IN      A       138.197.187.74`

Some records have additional methods available. For example, records of type A have an additional ip() method. To know which extra methods there are, check the docblocks above all record classes in the source code.

Using a specific nameserver

You can get records from a specific nameserver.

use Spatie\Dns\Dns;

(new Dns)
    ->useNameserver('ns1.openminds.be') // use ns1.openminds.be
    ->getRecords('spatie.be');

Specify retries and timeouts for Dig

Dig can be configured to retry a DNS query after a certain timeout. Use setRetries() or setTimeout() to configure those settings. The timeout is specified in seconds.

use Spatie\Dns\Dns;

(new Dns)
    ->setRetries(4) // try 4 times
    ->setTimeout(5) // wait 5 seconds for a reply from the nameserver
    ->getRecords('spatie.be');

Guessing a record

When you have a string that contains a dns record, you can convert it to a Record

use \Spatie\Dns\Support\Factory();

// returns instance of \Spatie\Dns\Records\CNAME
(new Factory())->guess('www.spatie.be.       300     IN      CNAME   spatie.be.');

Using custom handlers

A Handler is responsible for fetching DNS records of a certain type.

By default, these handlers that ship with the package are used:

• Spatie\Dns\Handlers\Dig
• Spatie\Dns\Handlers\DnsGetRecord

You can create custom handlers. A valid handler is any class that extends from Spatie\Dns\Handlers\Handler.

A custom handler class can be used by passing it to useHandlers on Spatie\Dns\Dns.

$results = (new Dns)
    ->useHandlers([new YourCustomHandler()])
    ->getRecords('spatie.be');

Under the hood

We will use dig to fetch DNS info. If it is not installed on your system, we'll call the native dns_get_record() function.

Testing

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security

If you've found a bug regarding security please mail [email protected].

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Credits

• Harish Toshniwal
• Tom Witkowski
• Freek Van der Herten
• All Contributors

License

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