Hi

I said it once and I'll say it again...Ahhhhhh!!!.

Go to this page. Go to that one. Go to 100 more. All the script sites. Hotscripts. Scriptsearch. Javascripts.com. Download. Extract. Configure. Upload. Go back and do it all over again. Find out script was not really *free* and that author requires that you pay him $500.00, plaster his link on every one of your pages and build a shrine to him on the main page. Back to square one. Two hours...4 hours...10 hours...3 days. Try another one. Get all excited and think you hit paydirt. You did'nt. Author only allows use on personal sites and wants you to buy him free pizza and beer for a year as a condition for using his script. Blah. This is why I LOVE writeing my own scripts but I thought I'd save some time and use someone elses. NOT!. Three days of playing games is enough for me. All I wanted was a simply whois script to paste into my main page but in this day and age, people are even trying to sell simple 10-line javascripts. Eek!. Bedtime:angry:

- Cheers

<?
Class whois {
function lookup($lookup){
$whois = "whois.geektools.com";
$fp = fsockopen($whois, 43, &$errno, &$errstr, 30);
if (!$fp){
printf("Error: %s (%s)", $errstr, $errno);
$data = 0;
} else {
$lookup .= "\n";
fputs($fp, $lookup);
$data = fread( $fp, 16384 );
fclose($fp);
}
return $data;
}
}
?>
<form method="POST" action="<? echo $PHP_SELF; ?>">
<input type="text" name="lookup">
<input type="submit" value="lookup">
</form>
<?
if($REQUEST_METHOD == "POST"){
$whois = new whois;
$data = $whois->lookup($lookup);
printf("<pre>\n%s\n</pre>\n", $data);
}
?>

Originally posted by jimbrown
Hi

I said it once and I'll say it again...Ahhhhhh!!!.

Go to this page. Go to that one. Go to 100 more. All the script sites. Hotscripts. Scriptsearch. Javascripts.com. Download. Extract. Configure. Upload. Go back and do it all over again. Find out script was not really *free* and that author requires that you pay him $500.00, plaster his link on every one of your pages and build a shrine to him on the main page. Back to square one. Two hours...4 hours...10 hours...3 days. Try another one. Get all excited and think you hit paydirt. You did'nt. Author only allows use on personal sites and wants you to buy him free pizza and beer for a year as a condition for using his script. Blah. This is why I LOVE writeing my own scripts but I thought I'd save some time and use someone elses. NOT!. Three days of playing games is enough for me. All I wanted was a simply whois script to paste into my main page but in this day and age, people are even trying to sell simple 10-line javascripts. Eek!. Bedtime:angry:

- Cheers

:eek2: :eek2: :D

Feel better now that you ranted? :D

That just about describes me when I'm looking for a script :eek:

Are you looking for a domain whois script?

If so heres a good FREE one...

http://www.topdog-software.com/scripts.php

Have you tried Matt's WHOIS?
http://www.mattsscripts.co.uk/mwhois.htm

I dont know if that has any strings attached though

That Matt's Scripts works great. Downloaded, customized and installed in 20 minutes flat.

And free. That's always nice... :D

Thanks, Koutaru.

Vito

It's just as easy, or should I say easier to link to domain dosier. That's what I have done.

Like who?

Like who?

Pardon ?

Sorry, what I mean is do you just link to another site that offers whois lookup?

Vito

Hi Vito .. I didn't explain myself properly either. I link to domain whitepages.com however when it comes up it just says Domain Dosier .. I have used it that many times I had forgot it was actually called domainwhitepages. I also have links to two other whois sites.

<TD height="100" width="144"><FONT size="+1" color="#000000"><B><A href="http://www.domainwhitepages.com"><FONT size="-1">Domain Dosier</FONT></A><BR>
</B></FONT><A href="http://www.netsol.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois"><FONT

I see. Yes, I actually use domainwhitepages quite a bit myself.

The difference is that it is nice to incorporate the WHOIS into the look and feel of your site (http://www.waterhosting.com/mwhois/mwhois.php). A header and a footer file do the trick nicely.

Geez, sometimes I can be so thick. I just logged into my Dotster Reseller account and noticed that I already have access to a whois script. All I had to do was link to it.

Oh well, the Matt's script is installed now. I'll change it to my Dotster one later.

Vito