<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Returns the region name for some country and region code combo</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.geoip-region-by-name.html">geoip_region_by_name</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.geoip-time-zone-by-country-and-region.html">geoip_time_zone_by_country_and_region</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.geoip.html">GeoIP Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="function.geoip-region-name-by-code" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">geoip_region_name_by_code</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PECL geoip >= 1.0.4)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">geoip_region_name_by_code</span> — <span class="dc-title">Returns the region name for some country and region code combo</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.geoip-region-name-by-code-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>geoip_region_name_by_code</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$country_code</code></span> , <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$region_code</code></span> )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> The <span class="function"><strong>geoip_region_name_by_code()</strong></span> function will return the region name corresponding to a country and region code combo. </p> <p class="para"> In the United States, the region code corresponds to the two-letter abbreviation of each state. In Canada, the region code corresponds to the two-letter province or territory code as attributed by Canada Post. </p> <p class="para"> For the rest of the world, GeoIP uses FIPS 10-4 codes to represent regions. You can check <a href="http://www.maxmind.com/app/fips10_4" class="link external">» http://www.maxmind.com/app/fips10_4</a> for a detailed list of FIPS 10-4 codes. </p> <p class="para"> This function is always available if using GeoIP Library version 1.4.1 or newer. The data is taken directly from the GeoIP Library and not from any database. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.geoip-region-name-by-code-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">country_code</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The two-letter country code (see <span class="function"><a href="function.geoip-country-code-by-name.html" class="function">geoip_country_code_by_name()</a></span>) </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">region_code</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The two-letter (or digit) region code (see <span class="function"><a href="function.geoip-region-by-name.html" class="function">geoip_region_by_name()</a></span>) </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.geoip-region-name-by-code-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> Returns the region name on success, or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> if the country and region code combo cannot be found. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.geoip-region-name-by-code-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <p class="para"> <div class="example" id="example-3743"> <p><strong>Example #1 A <span class="function"><strong>geoip_region_name_by_code()</strong></span> example using region code for US/Canada</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"><p> This will print the region name for country CA (Canada), region QC (Quebec). </p></div> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$region </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">geoip_region_name_by_code</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'CA'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'QC'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$region</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Region name for CA/QC is: ' </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$region</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> <div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div> <div class="example-contents screen"> <div class="cdata"><pre> Region name for CA/QC is: Quebec </pre></div> </div> </div> <div class="example" id="example-3744"> <p><strong>Example #2 A <span class="function"><strong>geoip_region_name_by_code()</strong></span> example using FIPS codes</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"><p> This will print the region name for country JP (Japan), region 01. </p></div> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$region </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">geoip_region_name_by_code</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'JP'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'01'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$region</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Region name for JP/01 is: ' </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$region</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> <div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div> <div class="example-contents screen"> <div class="cdata"><pre> Region name for JP/01 is: Aichi </pre></div> </div> </div> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.geoip-region-by-name.html">geoip_region_by_name</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.geoip-time-zone-by-country-and-region.html">geoip_time_zone_by_country_and_region</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.geoip.html">GeoIP Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>