Returns the filename of the corresponding GeoIP Database

# geoip_db_filename

(PECL geoip >= 1.0.1)

geoip_db_filename — Returns the filename of the corresponding GeoIP Database

### Description

geoip_db_filename(int `$database`): string

The geoip_db_filename() function returns the filename of the corresponding GeoIP Database.

It does not indicate if the file exists or not on disk, only where the library is looking for the database.

### Parameters

`database`
  The database type as an integer. You can use the various constants defined with this extension (ie: GEOIP_*_EDITION).

### Return Values

Returns the filename of the corresponding database, or `null` on error.

### Examples

Example #1 A geoip_db_filename() example

This will output the filename of the corresponding database.

`<?php
print geoip_db_filename(GEOIP_COUNTRY_EDITION);
?>`

The above example will output:

    /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat

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