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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:

"country_code" -- Two letter country code (see geoip_country_code_by_name())
"region" -- The region code (ex: CA for California)

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 )