geoip_record_by_name

Description

The geoip_record_by_name() function will return the record information corresponding to a hostname or an IP address.

This function is available for both GeoLite City Edition and commercial GeoIP City Edition. A warning will be issued if the proper database cannot be located.

The names of the different keys of the returning associative array are as follows:

• "country_code" -- Two letter country code (see geoip_country_code_by_name())

• "region" -- The region code (ex: CA for California)

• "city" -- The city.

• "postal_code" -- The Postal Code, FSA or Zip Code.

• "latitude" -- The Latitude as signed double.

• "longitude" -- The Longitude as signed double.

• "dma_code"

• "area_code" -- The PSTN area code (ex: 212)

Parameters

Return Values

Returns the associative array on success, or FALSE if the address cannot be found in the database.

Examples

Example 1. A geoip_record_by_name() example This will print the array containing the record of host example.com. <?php $record = geoip_record_by_name('www.example.com'); if ($record) {     print_r($record); } ?> The above example will output: Array ( [country_code] => US [region] => CA [city] => Marina Del Rey [postal_code] => [latitude] => 33.9776992798 [longitude] => -118.435096741 [dma_code] => 803 [area_code] => 310 )