geoip_org_by_name
(PECL geoip >= 0.2.0)
geoip_org_by_name — Get the organization name
Description
$hostname
): stringThe geoip_org_by_name() function will return the name of the organization that an IP is assigned to.
This function is currently only available to users who have bought a commercial GeoIP Organization, ISP or AS Edition. A warning will be issued if the proper database cannot be located.
Parameters
-
hostname
-
The hostname or IP address.
Return Values
Returns the organization name on success, or false
if the address
cannot be found in the database.
Examples
Example #1 A geoip_org_by_name() example
This will print to whom the host example.com IP is allocated.
<?php
$org = geoip_org_by_name('www.example.com');
if ($org) {
echo 'This host IP is allocated to: ' . $org;
}
?>
The above example will output:
This host IP is allocated to: ICANN c/o Internet Assigned Numbers Authority