php-doc-en/reference/geoip/functions/geoip-country-name-by-name.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<refentry xml:id="function.geoip-country-name-by-name" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>geoip_country_name_by_name</refname>
<refpurpose>Get the full country name</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>string</type><methodname>geoip_country_name_by_name</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>hostname</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
The <function>geoip_country_name_by_name</function> function will return the
full country name 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 country name 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_name_by_name</function> example</title>
<para>
This will print where the host example.com is located.
</para>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$country = geoip_country_name_by_name('www.example.com');
if ($country) {
echo 'This host is located in: ' . $country;
}
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
This host is located in: United States
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>geoip_country_code_by_name</function></member>
<member><function>geoip_country_code3_by_name</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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