Get Country By IP Address in PHP
This simple function allows you to detect a country code and city of your site visitors,
using the www.geoplugin.net service. You may use this data to add default values in
registration form or use it for any other purposes, like blocking access to your site from
special regions.
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Test Result:
Country code: US
City: Ashburn
- <?php
- function getLocationInfoByIp(){
- $client = @$_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'];
- $forward = @$_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'];
- $remote = @$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
- $result = array('country'=>'', 'city'=>'');
- if(filter_var($client, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP)){
- $ip = $client;
- }elseif(filter_var($forward, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP)){
- $ip = $forward;
- }else{
- $ip = $remote;
- }
- $ip_data = @json_decode(file_get_contents("http://www.geoplugin.net/json.gp?ip=".$ip));
- if($ip_data && $ip_data->geoplugin_countryName != null){
- $result['country'] = $ip_data->geoplugin_countryCode;
- $result['city'] = $ip_data->geoplugin_city;
- }
- return $result;
- }
- ?>
Test Result:
Country code: US
City: Ashburn