> "); // Validate url if(filter_var(gethostbyname($url), FILTER_VALIDATE_IP)) { echo("$url is a valid URL\n"); $myfile = fopen("/etc/hosts", "a") or die("Unable to open file!"); fwrite($myfile, "127.0.0.1 $url\n"); fclose($myfile); } else { echo("$url is not a valid URL\n"); }