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<refentry xml:id="function.geoip-country-code-by-name" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>geoip_country_code_by_name</refname>
  <refpurpose>Get the two letter country code</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>string</type><methodname>geoip_country_code_by_name</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>hostname</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>

  <para>
    The <function>geoip_country_code_by_name</function> function will return
    the two letter country code corresponding to a hostname or an IP address.
  </para>

 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>hostname</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The hostname or IP address whose location is to be looked-up.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns the two letter ISO country code on success, or &false; 
   if the address cannot be found in the database.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>A <function>geoip_country_code_by_name</function> example</title>
    <para>
     This will print where the host example.com is located.
    </para>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$country = geoip_country_code_by_name('www.example.com');
if ($country) {
    echo 'This host is located in: ' . $country;
}
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
This host is located in: US
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>geoip_country_code3_by_name</function></member>
    <member><function>geoip_country_name_by_name</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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