pear/net_dns2

Native PHP DNS Resolver and Updater Library

v1.5.5 2025-05-17 20:56 UTC

Requires

• php: >=7.1

Requires (Dev)

• phpunit/phpunit: ^9

BSD-3-Clause

• Mike Pultz

• PEAR
• network
• dns

README

The main features for this package include:

• Increased performance; most requests are 2-10x faster than Net_DNS
• Near drop-in replacement for Net_DNS
• Uses modern PHP classes and exceptions
• Support for IPv4 and IPv6, TCP and UDP sockets.
• Includes a separate, more intuitive "Updater" class for handling dynamic update
• Support zone signing using TSIG and SIG(0) for updates and zone transfers
• Includes a local cache using shared memory or flat file to improve performance
• includes many more RR's, including DNSSEC RR's.

Installing Net_DNS2

You can require it directly via Composer: https://packagist.org/packages/pear/net_dns2

composer require pear/net_dns2

Or download the source above.

Requirements

• PHP 7.1+ (as of v1.5.5)
• The PHP INI setting mbstring.func_overload equals 0, 1, 4, or 5.

Using Net_DNS2

See the Net_DNS2 Website for more details - https://netdns2.com/