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geoip_country_name_by_name

(PECL geoip >= 0.2.0)

geoip_country_name_by_name — Get the full country name

geoip_country_name_by_name ( string $hostname ) : string

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

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

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