Php/docs/function.geoip-id-by-name

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geoip_id_by_name

(PECL geoip >= 0.2.0)

geoip_id_by_name — Get the Internet connection type

Description

geoip_id_by_name ( string $hostname ) : int

The geoip_id_by_name() function will return the Internet connection type corresponding to a hostname or an IP address.

The return value is numeric and can be compared to the following constants:

• GEOIP_UNKNOWN_SPEED
• GEOIP_DIALUP_SPEED
• GEOIP_CABLEDSL_SPEED
• GEOIP_CORPORATE_SPEED

Parameters

hostname

The hostname or IP address whose connection type is to be looked-up.

Return Values

Returns the connection type.

Examples

Example #1 A geoip_id_by_name() example

This will output the connection type of the host example.com.

<?php$netspeed = geoip_id_by_name('www.example.com');echo 'The connection type is ';switch ($netspeed) {    case GEOIP_DIALUP_SPEED:        echo 'dial-up';        break;    case GEOIP_CABLEDSL_SPEED:        echo 'cable or DSL';        break;    case GEOIP_CORPORATE_SPEED:        echo 'corporate';        break;    case GEOIP_UNKNOWN_SPEED:    default:        echo 'unknown';}?>

The above example will output:

The connection type is corporate