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WHOIS Search
I have seen many WHOIS tags that are hard to figure out or couldn't get them to work. I decided to then make my own that is simple to make and to configure.


<center>
  <cfparam name = "form.domain" default = "xp-resources">
  <cfparam name = "form.ext" default = ".com">
  <cfparam name = "action" default = "none">

  <!--- Determines if the form was submitted --->
  <cfif action is "find">
    <!--- This gets the info --->
    <cfhttp url="http://reports.internic.net/cgi-bin/whois?whois_nic=#form.domain##form.ext#&type=domain"
               method="GET"
               resolveurl="yes"
               throwonerror="yes">
     </cfhttp>
     <cfset startat = find("<pre>", cfhttp.filecontent, 1)>
     <cfset endat = find("</pre>", cfhttp.filecontent, startat)>
     <cfset info_length = int(endat - startat)>
     <cfset info_on = mid(cfhttp.filecontent, startat, info_length)>
     <cfset registered = find("No match for domain", info_on, 1)>

     <cfoutput>
        <!--- This will determine if the domain is registered --->
        <cfif registered neq 0>
            The domain "#form.domain##form.ext#" is available! <br>
        <cfelse>
            The domain "#form.domain##form.ext#" is already registered. <br>
            <br>
            <!--- Shows the results --->
            #info_on# 
        </cfif>
        <br>
    </cfoutput>
  <cfelse>
    <!--- Form for the search --->
    <form method="post" action="#script_name#?action=find">
        Enter Domain: <br>
        <font size="1"> <b>http://www.</b>
        <input type="text" name="domain">
        <select name="ext">
            <option>.com</option>
            <option>.net</option>
            <option>.edu</option>
        </select>
        <input type="submit" value="Search">
    </form>
  </cfif>
</center>

Well, there you go. Easy, little code for a simple WHOIS search.
Questions, comments, or anything else, please contact Drew Tempelmeyer