function domain_info($domain)
    {
        // build xml
        $request = $this->get_request_obj();
        $site    = $request->addChild("site");
        $get     = $site->addChild("get");
        $filter  = $get->addChild("filter");

        $filter->addChild("name", utf8_encode($domain));
        $dataset = $get->addChild("dataset");

        $dataset->addChild("hosting");
        $packet = $request->asXML();

        // send the request
        $res = $this->send_request($packet);

        // make it to simple-xml-object
        $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($res);

        return $xml;
    }