(PECL geoip >= 0.2.0)
geoip_record_by_name — Returns the detailed City information found in the GeoIP Database
$hostname
   )The geoip_record_by_name() function will return the record information corresponding to a hostname or an IP address.
This function is available for both GeoLite City Edition and commercial GeoIP City 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:
hostnameThe hostname or IP address whose record is to be looked-up.
   Returns the associative array on success, or FALSE if the address 
   cannot be found in the database.
  
| Version | Description | 
|---|---|
| 1.0.4 | Adding the continent_code with GeoIP Library 1.4.3 or newer only | 
| 1.0.3 | Adding country_code3 and country_name | 
Example #1 A geoip_record_by_name() example
This will print the array containing the record of host example.com.
<?php
$record = geoip_record_by_name('www.example.com');
if ($record) {
    print_r($record);
}
?>
The above example will output:
Array
(
    [continent_code] => NA
    [country_code] => US
    [country_code3] => USA
    [country_name] => United States
    [region] => CA
    [city] => Marina Del Rey
    [postal_code] => 
    [latitude] => 33.9776992798
    [longitude] => -118.435096741
    [dma_code] => 803
    [area_code] => 310
)