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# geoip_country_code_by_name

(PECL geoip:0.2.0-1.0.1)

geoip_country_code_by_name — Get the two letter country code

### Description

string geoip_country_code_by_name ( string `$hostname` )

The geoip_country_code_by_name() function will return the two letter country code corresponding to a hostname or an IP address.

### Parameters

`hostname`

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

### Return Values

Returns the two letter ISO country code on success, or `FALSE` if the address cannot be found in the database.

### Examples

Example#1 A geoip_country_code_by_name() example

This will print where the host example.com is located.

`<?php
$country = geoip_country_code_by_name('www.example.com');
if ($country) {
echo 'This host is located in: ' . $country;
}
?>`

The above example will output:

    This host is located in: US

### See Also

- geoip_country_code3_by_name()
- geoip_country_name_by_name()

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