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geoip_isp_by_name

(PECL geoip >= 1.0.2)

geoip_isp_by_nameGet the Internet Service Provider (ISP) name

Description

string geoip_isp_by_name ( string $hostname )

The geoip_isp_by_name() function will return the name of the Internet Service Provider (ISP) that an IP is assigned to.

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

Parameters

hostname

The hostname or IP address.

Return Values

Returns the ISP name on success, or FALSE if the address cannot be found in the database.

Examples

Example #1 A geoip_isp_by_name() example

This will print the ISP name of host example.com.

<?php
$isp 
geoip_isp_by_name('www.example.com');
if (
$isp) {
    echo 
'This host IP is from ISP: ' $isp;
}
?>

The above example will output:

This host IP is allocated to: ICANN c/o Internet Assigned Numbers Authority


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