Domains Tool

phpWhois : base class to do whois queries with php

PhpWhois is the most popular domains whois tool written in php.

PhpWhois major features:

the new SRS (shared registry system) for .com/.net/.org
the new TLD's as they happen
almost all country code Top Level Domains, including some ones not having whois server
IP whois capable (including experimental IPV6 support), now you can also search hosts and Autonomous Systems
support for several non-ICANN domains
easily extended registrar classes
handlers for getting structured information about queries:
- 65 top level handlers (ae, aero, ag, asia, at, au, be, biz, br, ca, cat, ch, cn, co, co, coop, cz, de, edu, es, eu, fi, fj, fm, fr, hu, ie, in, info, int, ip, ip, is, it, jp, lt, lu, ly, me, mobi, museum, mx, name, nl, nu, nz, org, org, pl, pro, pt, ro, ru, sc, se, si, su, tel, travel, uk, us, ve, ws, za, zanet)
- 62 com/net/tv handlers (afternic, alldomains, ascio, assorted, bulkr, buydomains, chdom, contender, core, corenic, cronon, directi, directnic, domainbank, domaincontender, domaindiscover, domainpeople, dotregistrar, dotster, dreamhost, encirca, enom, fabulous, fastdomain, genericb, godaddy, iana, innerwise, interdomain, inwwcom, itsyourdomain, joker, markmonitor, melbourneit, moniker, namejuice, nameking, names4ever, namevault, ndirect, netsol, networksolutions, nicco, nicline, nominalia, onlinenic, opensrs, opensrsnet, ovh, php, psiusa, publicdomainregistry, register, registercom, rrpproxy, schlund, srsplus, stargate, stargateinc, tmagnic, tvcorp, wildwestdomains)
- 7 ip handlers (afrinic, apnic, arin, bripw, krnic, lacnic, ripe)