
The current version of cWhois is V1.98. If you have an older version and would like to upgrade you can do so free of charge if you purchased within 1 year. After this we can offer a 50% discount. You can see the version history below.
V1.98Released 12 January 2012
Updated support for .no .ba .uy
Added .cym.co .com.co, .net.co, .org.co, .gov.co, .mil.co, .edu.co, .web.co, .arts.co, .info.co, .int.com, .firm.com, .rec.co, and .nom.co
Added .priv.no
Added .xxx
Added .pk .com.pk .edu.pk
Added .pe .com.pe .net.pe .edu.pe .org.pe .gob.pe .nom.pe .mil.pe
V1.97Released 19 June 2011
Updated support for .br.com .cn.com .de.com .eu.com .gb.com .gb.net .hu.com.no.com .qc.com .ru.com .sa.com .se.com .uk.com .us.com .uy.com .gov.uk
Added support for .ng .com.ng .net.ng .org.ng .gov.ng .edu.ng .sch.ng .mobi.ng ,name.ng .biz.ng
V1.96Released 23 September 2010
Updated support for .de
V1.95Released 23 August 2010
Added support for .co .im .co.nl and .co.pl
V1.94Released 11 March 2010
Updated .is .dk .de .ve and .mx
Better support for PHP 5.3
V1.93Released 6 August 2009
Added global $dtd; to cwhois.php to allow it to work within frameworks like CodeIgniter
Added support for .org.za .gov.za .jobs .cpa.pro .eng.pro .law.pro .med.pro
Updated .co.za .mt .hk .sg
Added new example form textareacheckbox.html
V1.92Released 27 March 2009
Added support for .tel
V1.91Released 14 February 2009
Added support for .sg
Updated .in
Updated .id
Various fixes
V1.90Released 19 September 2008
Added support for .gd
Added support for .me
Bug fixed that caused problems when using ns style lookup
.cz updated
.mx updated
.ac updated
.ae updated
.cd updated
V1.89Released 1 April 2008
Turing (CAPTCHA) code security option added
Option to check availability by DNS NS checking. $dtd[]=".nl,ns,not found";
New form handler and examples
Full PDF manual
All .at domain extensions support IDN now
Added .by .travel .ae .net.ae .org.ae .name.ae .pro.ae .ac.ae .mil.ae .sch.ae .gov.ae .bj .hn .ly .mu .sb
Added .com.uy .org.uy .net.uy .edu.uy .gub.uy .mil.uy .vc .kz .asia
Updated .bg .ck .fo .se .ws .tl .tp .gg .la .na
V1.88Released 16 May 2007
Updated .it and .se
V1.87Released 10 February 2007
Updated .tv (no longer supports premium domains)
Updated .ac.uk
.nl and .de updated to better detect invalid domain names
Added .sc
.ph updated
Added.sg
Added .ma .co.ma .net.ma .org.ma .ac.ma
V1.86Released 24 October 2006
Updated .de .sk .ch .li .lv .at
.de now correctly does not allow domains of less than 3 characters.
V1.85Released 14 October 2006
Updated .eu
Added .mobi
Added .ph .com.ph .net.ph .org.ph and .ngo.ph
Corrected bug when using IDN with .com and .net
V1.84Released 16 June 2006
Updated .eu to use das.eu server
Updated .tv
Updated .be
Checks for .ch and .li domain names with 1 or 2 characters which are not allowed
V1.83Released 4 April 2006
Added support for .eu with DAS and whois lookup
Added support for .corp.com .ba .org.ba .net.ba .gov.ba .mil.ba .edu.ba .unsa.ba
Supports optional Nominet whois2 server for .co.uk domains
Added support for .tw .ebiz.tw .club.tw .game.tw
V1.82Released 24 February 2006
Added support for .es .com.es .nom.es .gob.es .org.es .edu.es
V1.81Released 21 January 2006
Updated .jp
Updated .de
Added $forceenglish setting for .jp. Set to true for english whois
V1.80Released 6 December 2005
Updated .tw
Updated .ie
Added .com.na .ord.na .alt.na .co.na. edu.na .net.na
Added .mn
V1.79Released 19 September 2005
Updated .jp for new whois server
Updated .co.za
Added .gov support
Added .pt .com.pt .nome.pt support
Added .ve .co.ve .com.ve .net.ve .web.ve .nom.ve .firm.ve .store.ve .rec.ve .info.ve .org.ve
Added .ug, .co.ug .or.ug .ac.ug .sc.ug .go.ug .ne.ug .org.ug .mil.ug
Added .uz
V1.78Released 23 April 2005
PHP 5 compatibility
Added support for .wales.com .wales.org .wales.net .cymru.org
Updated .co.za
V1.77Released 25 March 2005
Added support for .dm .nf .tl .tp .hk .ua .pro and .io
Updated .hk .af .cx and .ua
V1.76Released 19 March 2005
Added support for .co.za .za.net and .za.org
V1.75Released 7 March 2005
Added support for .ee .com.ee .pri.ee .fie.ee .org.ee .med.ee .eu.org .aero .museum
Added support for .co.id .net.id .or.id .go.id .web.id .sch.id .ac.id .mil.id .war.net.id
V1.74Released 2 March 2005
Added support for .in .co.in .org.in .net.in .gen.in .firm.in & .ind.in
V1.73Released 25 February 2005
Added support for .au.com and updated .la whois server
V1.72Released 17 January 2005
Added support for gr domains using registrar system at papaki.com
V1.71Released 14 January 2005
Added support for .tk
.fi now uses official whois server
V1.70Released 14 October 2004
Added support for .fi using script on their site.
V1.69Released 30 September 2004
Updated support for .,au to make use of DAS server
V1.68Released 3 September 2004
Updated support for .lu and .ag.
V1.67Released 20 July 2004
Updated support for .gr.
V1.66Released 2 July 2004
Updated support for .my. They now have a public whois server.
V1.65Released 13 May 2004
Bug fix (V1.64 contained line that required PHP >=4.30)
Added support for .jp
V1.64Released 27 March 2004
Updated .de and .dk domains
V1.63Released 15 March 2004
Corrected bug with .nl domains
V1.62Released 4 March 2004
Added IDN support (accents) for .com .net .dk and .se
V1.6Released 24 February 2004
Updated whois server for .tv
Added IDN support (accents) for .de .at .ch .li and .no
Updated .name to handle both second and third level domains
V1.56Released 5 February 2004
Updated whois server for .la
Added support for .ac.ke, .co.ke, .go.ke, .ne.ke, .or.ke, .sc.ke
Removed support for .es as they now have no public whois server
V1.55Released 10 january 2004
Updated whois server for .tr and .hu
Added support for .web.tr
V1.54Released 12 December 2003
Updated bug .be and .nl whois where names with 'free' in were reported as available
V1.53Not released
V1.52Released 6 August 2003
Updated .be to use DAS where required
Updated .nl to use DAS where required
Updated .es whois function
V1.51Released 22 July 2003
Bug that causes .name domains to be invalid solved
Support for .ug domains
Update for .be whois server
Update for .nz whois server
V1.5Released 11 July 2003
Added support for .am, .fm, .tv and .dj
New result value of 6 signifies domain name is available but at a premium. (.fm, .tv and .dj)
Premium cost in USD of .fm or .tv domain is added as last line in RegDetails returned
Improved domain name validation
V1.42Released 2 July 2003
Correct .info domain name validation
Improved handling when whois server is down
V1.41Released 26 June 2003
Added support for .dk, .es, .sh, .com.sh, .co.sh, .net.sh, .org.sh, .edu.sh, .gov.sh, .mil.sh, .tm, and .su
V1.4Added support for .com.sa, .net.sa, .org.sa, .edu.sa, .gov.sa, .med.sa, .sch.sa and .pub.sa
V1.3Released 2 April 2003
Improved domain name validation
Added support for .gr, .co.gr, .com.gr, .net.gr, .org.gr and .edu.gr