Get the organization name

geoip_org_by_name

(PECL geoip >= 0.2.0)

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
$org = geoip_org_by_name('www.example.com');
if ($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