php-doc-en/reference/geoip/functions/geoip-region-by-name.xml
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<refentry xml:id="function.geoip-region-by-name" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>geoip_region_by_name</refname>
<refpurpose>Get the country code and region</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>array</type><methodname>geoip_region_by_name</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>hostname</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
The <function>geoip_region_by_name</function> function will return the country
and region corresponding to a hostname or an IP address.
</para>
<para>
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.
</para>
<para>
The names of the different keys of the returning associative array are as follows:
</para>
<para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<simpara>
"country_code" -- Two letter country code (see
<function>geoip_country_code_by_name</function>)
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
"region" -- The region code (ex: CA for California)
</simpara>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>hostname</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The hostname or IP address whose region is to be looked-up.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
Returns the associative array 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_region_by_name</function> example</title>
<para>
This will print the array containing the country code and region
of the host example.com.
</para>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$region = geoip_region_by_name('www.example.com');
if ($region) {
print_r($region);
}
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
Array
(
[country_code] => US
[region] => CA
)
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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