geoip_country_name_by_name

(PECL geoip >= 0.2.0)
Get the full country name
string geoip_country_name_by_name ( string $hostname )

The geoip_country_name_by_name() function will return the full country name corresponding to a hostname or an IP address.

Parameters:
hostname

The hostname or IP address whose location is to be looked-up.

Returns:

Returns the country name on success, or FALSE if the address cannot be found in the database.

Examples:
A geoip_country_name_by_name() example

This will print where the host example.com is located.

<?php
$country = geoip_country_name_by_name('www.example.com');
if ($country) {
    echo 'This host is located in: ' . $country;
}
?>

The above example will output:

 This host is located in: United States
See also:

geoip_country_code_by_name() -

geoip_country_code3_by_name() -

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2016-02-24 16:05:40
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