Hello all , Is there any way or a function i dont know about to get DNS info/records on a windows platform? checkdnsrr,dns_get_record, getmxrr are not availiable on windows platforms so i tried the PEAR net_DNS class but it doesnt seem to work eventhough i used the package manager and packages installed corectly.. Is there anything else i can do? is there any function i can use without having to install extra packages and classes? the thing i want to do is for a given hostname to find if it is a mail server, web server etc. Am i even walking in the right path with these functions? or should i try something else? Im new in PHP so Id appreciate any help you can give me.