Add a Domain whois to your website using PHP

Want to add a domain whois to your site. Here is the step-by-step instruction I provide :

Difficulty level : Easy.

Prerequisite knowledge : PHP 5

Requirements

• A web server supporting PHP 5 or higher.
• A google recaptcha account.

 

Step 1 : Get a Google Recaptcha for your site if you don't have one. 

 

Google Recaptcha is a global tool to stop spam. It is used in over 2 million sites to test if the application generating request is operated by Human or Program. This is very useful as a Robot or a Bot cannot interpret distorted text in a image.

If you are setting up a whois program on your website, it is absolutely necessary to add a Captcha to prevent spamming. If you have an account for your website then get the public and private keys directly from here.

If you don't have a account then follow these steps to get one :

• If you are not logged it to your google account then Login.


• Visit here and enter the domain name click create key.

Add Domain Page

Now you will get the public and private key.

The keys in the image won't work. You need to get your own keys.

Step 2 : Download the Zip file and extract the files

• Download the whois package from here. It the link does not work visit http://sonudoo.com/whois.zip


• Extract all the files into folder "whois".

 

Step 3 : Enter the Public and Private keys in the index.php file

 

• Open index.php file in a simple text editor such as notepad or wordpad.


• Replace the $publickey and $privatekey variable with the newly generated keys at google recaptcha site.


• Save the file.

 

Step 4 : Upload the files and test 

 

• Upload the "whois" folder and all the files contained within it to the web server supporting PHP 5 or higher.


• Visit your website from any browser http://example.com/whois. Enter any domain name and test.


• Done. The code is thoroughly tested and works well.

You can add any changes you want to the webpage as you want to change its appearance.