Class: AHostLookup

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Name:	AHostLookup Support forum
Base name:	`ahostlookup`
Description:	Get hostname, zip code and hit count for an IP.
Related classes:	zip code, network, zipcode, get, address, host, Code, ISP
Version:	`-`
PHP version:	`-`
License:	GNU General Public License (GPL)
All time users:	3282 users
All time rank:	861
Week users:	1 user
Week rank:	2434
Country specific:	This package is specific mainly for applications used in United States .

Author:	George Clarke is available for providing paid consulting. Contact George Clarke .
Packages:	7 Browse this author's classes
Country:	United States - PHP jobs in United States
Age:	65
All time rank:	117	12 in United States
Week rank:	204	22 in United States

Innovation award

Nominee: 1x

	Detailed description

This class can be used to lookup the host name, ISP name and the United States ZIP code of the network of a given IP address.

It also returns the upper and lower IP addresses of the block of that the given IP belongs.

This class will keep a running count of the number of times a block of IPs were looked up and the date and time of last lookup of each block.

This class can lookup the IP address in a MySQL database, which is provided with this class, and if not found, it can lookup the IP from the ARIN Web site and then save the newly found information in the database.

	Groups

Networking	Networking protocols, clients and servers	View top rated classes
Databases	Database management, accessing and searching	View top rated classes
Web services	Web data clipping, SOAP or XML-RPC clients and servers	View top rated classes
Geography	Locations, mapping and demographics	View top rated classes

	User ratings		Applications		Files

	Innovation Award

PHP Programming Innovation award nominee

July 2005
Number 4

The ability to determine the location of the users may be very useful for sites that can use that information to provide services to their users depending on the region where they live.

There are several types of databases and online services that are able to determine the zip code of the network of a given ISP from the IP address of a user accessing from that network.

However, as the time passes, some IP address ranges are reassigned to different ISPs that are located in different places. The existing IP address range databases tend to get outdated.

This class provides a solution to build an upto date IP address range database.

When it does not know the location of a given IP address, it uses the whois service to retrieve the information of the corresponding ISP, the ISP location zip code and the assigned IP range.

The retrieved information is stored in a local MySQL database to avoid further whois lookup overhead.

Manuel Lemos

	User ratings

Ratings	Utility	Consistency	Documentation	Examples	Tests	Videos	Overall	Rank
All time:	`Good (87.5%)`	`Sufficient (66.7%)`	`-`	`Sufficient (66.7%)`	`-`	`-`	`Not sure (57.1%)`	1006
Month:	Not yet rated by the users

	Applications that use this class

Link	Description
My Host Hits	Host hits to gaclarke.com

If you know an application of this package, send a message to the author to add a link here.

	Files

File	Role	Description
`ahostdisplay.php`	Appl.	Displays blocks of IPs with count greater than 0. Used with ahostlookup.php
`ahostlookup.php`	Example	Demo script for ahostlookup class.
`class.ahostlookup.php`	Class	The class file for ahostlookup class.
`isps.sql`	Data	database for ahostlookup class
`isps_alter.sql`	Data	Upgrades existing isps table to the new version.

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