# geoip_id_by_name

(PECL geoip:0.2.0-1.0.1)

geoip_id_by_name — Get the Internet connection speed

### Description

int geoip_id_by_name ( string `$hostname` )

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

The return value is numeric and can be compared to the following constants:

- GEOIP_UNKNOWN_SPEED
- GEOIP_DIALUP_SPEED
- GEOIP_CABLEDSL_SPEED
- GEOIP_CORPORATE_SPEED

### Parameters

`hostname`

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

### Return Values

Returns the net speed.

### Examples

Example#1 A geoip_id_by_name() example

This will output the net speed of the host example.com.

`<?php
$netspeed = geoip_id_by_name('www.example.com');
echo 'The connection type is ';
switch ($netspeed) {
case GEOIP_DIALUP_SPEED:
echo 'dial-up';
break;
case GEOIP_CABLEDSL_SPEED:
echo 'cable or DSL';
break;
case GEOIP_CORPORATE_SPEED:
echo 'corporate';
break;
case GEOIP_UNKNOWN_SPEED:
default:
echo 'unknown';
}
?>`

The above example will output:

    The connection type is corporate