(PECL geoip >= 0.2.0)
geoip_country_code_by_name — Get the two letter country code
The geoip_country_code_by_name() function will return the two letter country code corresponding to a hostname or an IP address.
hostnameThe hostname or IP address whose location is to be looked-up.
Returns the two letter ISO country code on success, or false
if the address cannot be found in the database.
Example #1 A geoip_country_code_by_name() example
This will print where the host example.com is located.
<?php
$country = geoip_country_code_by_name('www.example.com');
if ($country) {
echo 'This host is located in: ' . $country;
}
?>The above example will output:
This host is located in: US
Please see » http://www.maxmind.com/en/iso3166 for a complete list of possible return values, including special codes.