Php/docs/function.geoip-org-by-name
geoip_org_by_name
(PECL geoip >= 0.2.0)
geoip_org_by_name — Get the organization name
Description
geoip_org_by_name
( string $hostname
) : string
The geoip_org_by_name() function will return the name of the organization that an IP is assigned to.
This function is currently only available to users who have bought a commercial GeoIP Organization, ISP or AS Edition. A warning will be issued if the proper database cannot be located.
Parameters
hostname- The hostname or IP address.
Return Values
Returns the organization name on success, or FALSE if the address
cannot be found in the database.
Examples
Example #1 A geoip_org_by_name() example
This will print to whom the host example.com IP is allocated.
<?php$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
