GeoIP Functions
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geoip_record_by_name

(PECL geoip:0.2.0-1.0.1)

geoip_record_by_nameReturns the detailed City information found in the GeoIP Database

Description

array geoip_record_by_name ( string $hostname )

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:

Parameters

hostname

The hostname or IP address whose record 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_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
)


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