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PHP

Posted by David Jarrin
David Jarrin
Courses Plus Student 11,182 Points

locating a visitors IP address and then location with that information.

Problem: Trying to assign a location to a visitor of a site.

Ok I have been looking around for solutions to this and this is the best code I could find.

<?php
if (getenv('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR')) {
        $pipaddress = getenv('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR');
        $ipaddress = getenv('REMOTE_ADDR');
echo "Your Proxy IP address is : ".$pipaddress. "(via $ipaddress)" ;
    } else {df
        $ipaddress = getenv('REMOTE_ADDR');
        echo "Your IP address is : $ipaddress";
    }

    $country =getenv('GEOIP_COUNTRY_NAME');
    $state = getenv('GEOIP_STATE_NAME');
    $city = getenv('GET_CITY_NAME');
    echo "Your country is $country";
    echo "Your city is $state";

?>

From what I can the code is basically using the getenv method to obtain the ip address. Next I tried to assign a "state" variable a state value using getenv method (the same for city and country). I read that the GEOIP server you have to pay for or something? I'm a little lost as you may be able to tell so any push in the right direction would be appreciated.

David Jarrin
David Jarrin
Courses Plus Student 11,182 Points

Thanks man this worked great. I'll try your solution tomorrow James! Tons of help!

2 Answers

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

Disclaimer: I haven't done this myself yet.

However, I watched this video a few days ago, and thought it might be helpful to you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr36E8NAORI&list=UUpOIUW62tnJTtpWFABxWZ8g

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Check out geoplugin.net

This code works

$geoplugin = unserialize( file_get_contents('http://www.geoplugin.net/php.gp?ip=' . $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']) );

echo "It appears that you are connecting from " 
. $geoplugin['geoplugin_city'] . ", " 
. $geoplugin['geoplugin_region'] . ", "
. $geoplugin['geoplugin_countryName'];

I tested over at http://phpcodepad.com/

Ken Alger
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher
Ken Alger
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

James;

Great resource! Thanks for the link.

Ken