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geoip_country_code_by_name

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(PECL geoip >= 0.2.0)

Get the two letter country code

Description

geoip_country_code_by_name(string $hostname): string

The geoip_country_code_by_name() function will return the two letter country code corresponding to a hostname or an IP address.

Returns the two letter ISO country code on success, or false if the address cannot be found in the database.

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

php

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

The above example will output:

output

This host is located in: US

Caution

Please see Iso3166 for a complete list of possible return values, including special codes.