PHP ActiveX

DNS Query TXT Records

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

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

PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

$dns = new COM("Chilkat.Dns");

$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$json->EmitCompact = 0;

$success = $dns->Query('TXT','x.com',$json);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $dns->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $json->emit() . "\n";

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

// {
//   "answer": {
//     "txt": [
//       {
//         "name": "x.com",
//         "ttl": 300,
//         "text": "kkdl3qb3tcrmdhfsm803p67r0my0svs8"
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "x.com",
//         "ttl": 300,
//         "text": "v=spf1 ip4:199.16.156.128/26 ip4:199.59.150.64/26 include:_spf.google.com include:spf-008d0a01.pphosted.com -all"
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "x.com",
//         "ttl": 300,
//         "text": "google-site-verification=8yQmoVhQedzlt36RPeQP41ytrEFk9aHEnde_xm0626g"
//       },
//       {
//         "name": "x.com",
//         "ttl": 300,
//         "text": "google-site-verification=F6u9mGL--d2lbLljvH3b1UUgXtevQPdcamKr9c8914A"
//       }
//     ]
//   }
// }

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

$i = 0;
$count_i = $json->SizeOfArray('answer.txt');
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $json->I = $i;
    $name = $json->stringOf('answer.txt[i].name');
    $ttl = $json->IntOf('answer.txt[i].ttl');
    $text = $json->stringOf('answer.txt[i].text');
    $i = $i + 1;
}


?>