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geoip_database_info	geoip_org_by_name

	Last updated: Tue, 19 Sep 2006

geoip_id_by_name

(no version information, might be only in CVS)

geoip_id_by_name -- Get the Internet connection speed

Description

int geoip_id_by_name ( string hostname )

The geoip_id_by_name() function will return the country and region corresponding to a hostname or an IP address.

The return value is numeric and can be compared to the following constants:

GEOIP_UNKNOWN_SPEED
GEOIP_DIALUP_SPEED
GEOIP_CABLEDSL_SPEED
GEOIP_CORPORATE_SPEED

Parameters

hostname: The hostname or IP address whose net speed is to be looked-up.

Return Values

Returns the net speed.

Examples

Example 1. A geoip_id_by_name() example

This will output the net speed of the host example.com.

<?php
$netspeed = geoip_id_by_name('www.example.com');

echo 'The connection type is ';

switch ($netspeed) {
    case GEOIP_DIALUP_SPEED:
        echo 'dial-up';
        break;
    case GEOIP_CABLEDSL_SPEED:
        echo 'cable or DSL';
        break;
    case GEOIP_CORPORATE_SPEED:
        echo 'corporate';
        break;
    case GEOIP_UNKNOWN_SPEED:
    default:
        echo 'unknown';
}
?>

The above example will output:

The connection type is corporate

geoip_database_info	geoip_org_by_name

	Last updated: Tue, 19 Sep 2006