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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers IP address/hostname problem Post 302176060 by uLearner on Monday 17th of March 2008 08:36:05 AM
Old 03-17-2008
Data IP address/hostname problem

I have a problem that when I am pinging with the IP address it is giving me whether a server is alive or not but when I am trying it with hostname it is giving unknown host

I have checked in /etc/hosts file and the IP address and hostname are both there...still the problem is there..

Can anybody help???
 

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GEOIP_COUNTRY_NAME_BY_NAME(3)						 1					     GEOIP_COUNTRY_NAME_BY_NAME(3)

geoip_country_name_by_name - Get the full country name

SYNOPSIS
string geoip_country_name_by_name (string $hostname) DESCRIPTION
The geoip_country_name_by_name(3) function will return the full country name corresponding to a hostname or an IP address. PARAMETERS
o $hostname - The hostname or IP address whose location is to be looked-up. RETURN VALUES
Returns the country name on success, or FALSE if the address cannot be found in the database. EXAMPLES
Example #1 A geoip_country_name_by_name(3) example This will print where the host example.com is located. <?php $country = geoip_country_name_by_name('www.example.com'); if ($country) { echo 'This host is located in: ' . $country; } ?> The above example will output: This host is located in: United States SEE ALSO
geoip_country_code_by_name(3), geoip_country_code3_by_name(3). PHP Documentation Group GEOIP_COUNTRY_NAME_BY_NAME(3)
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