# Retrieve DNS records

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This package contains a class that can fetch DNS records.

```php
use Spatie\Dns\Dns;

$dns = Dns::of('spatie.be');

$dns->getRecords(); // returns all available dns records

$dns->getRecords('A'); // returns only A records
```

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## Installation

If you do not have [dig](https://linux.die.net/man/1/dig) installed you will need it.

You can install the package via composer:

```bash
composer require spatie/dns
```

## Usage

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

``` php
use Spatie\Dns\Dns;

$dns = Dns::of('spatie.be');

$dns->getRecords(); // returns all records

$dns->getRecords('A'); // returns only A records
$dns->getRecords('MX'); // returns only MX records

$dns->getRecords('A', 'MX'); // returns both A and MX records
$dns->getRecords(['A', 'MX']); // returns both A and MX records
```

You can get records from a specific nameserver.

```php
use Spatie\Dns\Dns;

$dns = Dns::of('spatie.be', 'ns1.openminds.be'); // use ns1.openminds.be 
```

### Testing

``` bash
composer test
```

### Changelog

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

## Contributing

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

### Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email freek@spatie.be instead of using the issue tracker.

## Postcardware

You're free to use this package, but if it makes it to your production environment we highly appreciate you sending us a postcard from your hometown, mentioning which of our package(s) you are using.

Our address is: Spatie, Kruikstraat 22, 2018 Antwerp, Belgium.

We publish all received postcards [on our company website](https://spatie.be/en/opensource/postcards).

## Credits

- [Harish Toshniwal](https://github.com/introwit)
- [Freek Van der Herten](https://github.com/freekmurze)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

## License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.