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<h1 class="refname">geoip_country_name_by_name</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PECL geoip >= 0.2.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">geoip_country_name_by_name</span> — <span class="dc-title">Get the full country name</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>geoip_country_name_by_name</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$hostname</code></span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">
The <span class="function"><strong>geoip_country_name_by_name()</strong></span> function will return the
full country name corresponding to a hostname or an IP address.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">hostname</code></em></span>
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<p class="para">
The hostname or IP address whose location is to be looked-up.
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns the country name on success, or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> if the address cannot
be found in the database.
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<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 A <span class="function"><strong>geoip_country_name_by_name()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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This will print where the host example.com is located.
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$country </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">geoip_country_name_by_name</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'www.example.com'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$country</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'This host is located in: ' </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$country</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
This host is located in: United States
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.geoip-country-name-by-name-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.geoip-country-code-by-name.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">geoip_country_code_by_name()</a> - Get the two letter country code</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.geoip-country-code3-by-name.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">geoip_country_code3_by_name()</a> - Get the three letter country code</span></li>
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