# geoip_org_by_name

(PECL geoip:0.2.0-1.0.1)

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