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rWhois

Type:	code fragment
Added by:	joeldg
Entered:	25/10/2002
Last modified:	31/10/2001
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rWhois (see rwhois.net) in PHP. You can use this function to get geographic data back on on an IP, City/State/Zip this might come in handy if you are attempting to geo-target an IP by country, say, for an ad program.

<?php
 ################################################

                            # rWhois - Joel De Gan

                            # http://www.joihost.com, http://www.tenshimedia.com

                            #

                            # see http://www.rwhois.net/ for more information

                            #

                            # inputs: IP address

                            # outputs: array of rWhois info from first referral

                            # for other scripts see http://jabba.intercosmos.net

                            ################################################
 function rwhois($query){

                                $fp = fsockopen ("rwhois.arin.net", 4321, $errno, $errstr, 30);

                                if (!$fp) {

                                        $ret[] = "$errstr ($errno)n";

                                }else{

                                        fputs ($fp, "$queryrnrn");

                                    $count=1;

                                        while (!feof($fp) && $count < 17) {

                                        $back = fgets ($fp,128);

                                        $data = explode(":",$back);

                                            $ret[$data[1]] = $data[2];

                                        $count++;

                                        }//wend

                                      fclose ($fp);

                                }//fi

                               return $ret;

                            }//end function

                            

                            
 print_r(rwhois("64.58.79.230")); //yahoo

                            ?>

Usage Example

This outputs:

                            Array

                            (

                                [003eff] => 00 rwhois.arin.net (by Network Solutions, Inc. V-1.5.7.2)

                                [Class-Name] => network

                                [Auth-Area] => 0.0.0.0/0

                                [ID] => NET-64-58-76-0-1.0.0.0.0/0

                                [Handle] => NET-64-58-76-0-1

                                [Network-Name] => EC17-1-YAHOO1

                                [IP-Network] => 64.58.76.0/22

                                [IP-Network-Block] => 64.58.76.0 - 64.58.79.255

                                [Org-Name] => Yahoo

                                [City] => 701 First Avenue Sunnyvale

                                [State] => CA

                                [Postal-Code] => 94089

                                [Country-Code] => US

                                [Tech-Contact;I] => NA258-ARIN.0.0.0.0/0

                                [Created] => 20201213050000000

                                [Updated] => 19200303050000000

                            )

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