(PECL geoip >= 0.2.0)
geoip_id_by_name — Get the Internet connection speed
The geoip_id_by_name() function will return the country and region corresponding to a hostname or an IP address.
The return value is numeric and can be compared to the following constants:
The hostname or IP address whose net speed is to be looked-up.
Returns the net speed.
Example #1 A geoip_id_by_name() example
This will output the net speed 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