(PECL geoip >= 0.2.0)
Get the Internet connection type
int geoip_id_by_name ( string $hostname )
The geoip_id_by_name() function will return the Internet connection type corresponding to a hostname or an IP address.
The return value is numeric and can be compared to the following constants:
- GEOIP_UNKNOWN_SPEED
- GEOIP_DIALUP_SPEED
- GEOIP_CABLEDSL_SPEED
- GEOIP_CORPORATE_SPEED
Parameters:
hostname
The hostname or IP address whose connection type is to be looked-up.
Returns:
Returns the connection type.
Examples:
A geoip_id_by_name() example
This will output the connection type of the host example.com.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 | <?php$netspeed = geoip_id_by_name('www.example.com');echo 'The connection type is ';switch ($netspeed) { case GEOIP_DIALUP_SPEED: echo 'dial-up'; break; case GEOIP_CABLEDSL_SPEED: echo 'cable or DSL'; break; case GEOIP_CORPORATE_SPEED: echo 'corporate'; break; case GEOIP_UNKNOWN_SPEED: default: echo 'unknown';}?> |
The above example will output:
The connection type is corporate
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