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geoip_country_code_by_name

(PECL geoip >= 0.2.0)

geoip_country_code_by_name — Get the two letter country code

Description

geoip_country_code_by_name ( string $hostname ) : string

The geoip_country_code_by_name() function will return the two letter country code 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 two letter ISO country code on success, or false if the address cannot be found in the database.

Examples

Example #1 A geoip_country_code_by_name() example

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

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

The above example will output:

This host is located in: US

Notes

Caution

Please see » http://www.maxmind.com/en/iso3166 for a complete list of possible return values, including special codes.

See Also

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