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geoip_region_by_name

(no version information, might be only in CVS)

geoip_region_by_name -- Get the country code and region

Description

array geoip_region_by_name ( string hostname )

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

This function is currently only available to users who have bought a commercial GeoIP Region 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:

Parameters

hostname

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

Return Values

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

Examples

Example 1. A geoip_region_by_name() example

This will print the array containing the country code and region of the host example.com.

<?php
$region = geoip_region_by_name('www.example.com');
if ($region) {
    print_r($region);
}
?>

The above example will output:

Array
(
    [country_code] => US
    [region] => CA
)

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