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Last updated: Tue, 19 Sep 2006

geoip_country_name_by_name

(no version information, might be only in CVS)

geoip_country_name_by_name -- Get the full country name

Description

string geoip_country_name_by_name ( string hostname )

The geoip_country_name_by_name() function will return the full country name corresponding to a hostname or an IP address.

Parameters

hostname

The hostname or IP address whose location is to be looked-up.

Return Values

Returns the country name on success, or FALSE if the address cannot be found in the database.

Examples

Example 1. A geoip_country_name_by_name() example

This will print where the host example.com is located.

<?php
$country = geoip_country_name_by_name('www.example.com');
if ($country) {
    echo 'This host is located in: ' . $country;
}
?>

The above example will output:

This host is located in: United States




<geoip_country_code3_by_namegeoip_database_info>
Last updated: Tue, 19 Sep 2006