PHP 7.0.6 Released

    geoip_region_by_name

    (PECL geoip >= 0.2.0)

    geoip_region_by_name — Get the country code and region

    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:

    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
)

    User Contributed Notes

    blacksdeva at gmail dot com
    2 years ago
    Hi Kaushal,

    You have to install geoip first before using its features, this link might help http://php.net/manual/en/geoip.setup.php if you get stuck just tell me what distro you are using
    kaushal dot acharya at intesols dot com dot au
    2 years ago
    Hi, I have written this code in my php file.
    [code]
    $region = geoip_region_by_name('121.246.53.66');
    if ($region) {
        print_r($region);
    }
    [/code]

    But gives fatal error :-

    Fatal error: Call to undefined function geoip_region_by_name() in /home/justkids/public_html/index.php on line 40

    Do I need to add anything else? Can any one please help?

    Thanks
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