# geoip_region_by_name

(PECL geoip:0.2.0-1.0.1)

geoip_region_by_name — Get the country code and region

### Description

array geoip_region_by_name ( string `$hostname` )

The geoip_region_by_name() function will return the country and region corresponding to a hostname or an IP address.

This function is currently only available to users who have bought a commercial GeoIP Region Edition. A warning will be issued if the proper database cannot be located.

The names of the different keys of the returning associative array are as follows:

- "country_code" -- Two letter country code (see geoip_country_code_by_name())
- "region" -- The region code (ex: CA for California)

### Parameters

`hostname`

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

### Return Values

Returns the associative array on success, or `FALSE` if the address cannot be found in the database.

### Examples

Example#1 A geoip_region_by_name() example

This will print the array containing the country code and region of the host example.com.

`<?php
$region = geoip_region_by_name('www.example.com');
if ($region) {
print_r($region);
}
?>`

The above example will output:

    Array
    (
        [country_code] => US
        [region] => CA
    )