how to get hosted ip and country name of a domain using php

Question

In my application after entering the domain name in a text field I want to auto populate the domain's IP and Country.

to use geoip_country_name_by_name() you need the PECL extension, have a look here http://www.php.net/manual/en/geoip.installation.php — Afsar, Jun 29 '13 at 05:37
Note that that's not necessarily possible by definition. Do you have any idea how many servers there are worldwide for google.com? — deceze, Jun 29 '13 at 06:56
@Zan, if i want to get country name what code should i add to my file and what are necessary files — , Jun 29 '13 at 07:27

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 26 '15 at 21:38

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Make use of gethostbyname() (returns a single IP) and gethostbynamel() gives you a list of IP addresses associated with the hostname.

Here's an example.

<?php
$ip = gethostbyname('www.example.com');

echo $ip;
?>

Regarding grabbing country information, you need a 3rd party solution.

edited Jul 26 '15 at 21:38

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answered Jun 29 '13 at 05:25

how can i solve the error Call to undefined function geoip_country_name_by_name() – Jun 29 '13 at 05:26
@SekharSeerapu, seems like you haven't included the libraries of geoip. – Shankar Narayana Damodaran Jun 29 '13 at 05:30
yes..help me in this .how can i include them @ShankarDamodaran – Jun 29 '13 at 05:33
@SekharSeerapu, you need to install the PECL extension in PHP. It will work fine after you do that. Here's the link http://www.php.net/manual/en/geoip.installation.php – Shankar Narayana Damodaran Jun 29 '13 at 05:39
@SekharSeerapu, Why you keep switching your mind ? Did you try installing PECL ? That will solve your issue. If you face anything let us know we are here to help. – Shankar Narayana Damodaran Jun 29 '13 at 14:49
hey i already downloaded the files and added to my folder.It gives me the IP address but not country..I don,t know what is the problem.Please help me – Jun 29 '13 at 18:29

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