# geoip_id_by_name

(PECL geoip >= 0.2.0)

geoip_id_by_name — Get the Internet connection type

### Description

geoip_id_by_name ( string `$hostname` ) : int

The geoip_id_by_name() function will return the Internet connection type 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 connection type is to be looked-up.

### Return Values

Returns the connection type.

### Examples

Example #1 A geoip_id_by_name() example

This will output the connection type 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