geoip_region_by_name

Description

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:

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

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

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_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 )