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geoip_id_by_name	geoip_record_by_name

	Last updated: Tue, 19 Sep 2006

geoip_org_by_name

(no version information, might be only in CVS)

geoip_org_by_name -- Get the organization name

Description

string geoip_org_by_name ( string hostname )

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
$org = geoip_country_code_by_name('www.example.com');
if ($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

geoip_id_by_name	geoip_record_by_name

	Last updated: Tue, 19 Sep 2006