geoip_region_by_name
Get the country code and region
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arraygeoip_region_by_name
stringhostname
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)
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hostname
The hostname or IP address whose region is to be looked-up.
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Returns the associative array on success, or &false; if the address
cannot be found in the database.
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A geoip_region_by_name example
This will print the array containing the country code and region
of the host example.com.
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US
[region] => CA
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