How to convert ip_address to country in php

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Get Country of IP Address with PHP

I want to country name or location based on ip address. I can only show ip address. I am trying so hard but I can't. So please, help me to solve this problem.

<?php

  if (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'])) {
      $ip=$_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'];}
  elseif (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'])){
      $ip=$_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'];}
  else {
      $ip=$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
  }

 ?>

what you exactly want to do get country name from ip address and store in db or show it to your users — sohaan, Jun 06 '12 at 06:45
`$country_code = trim(file_get_contents("http://ipinfo.io/{$ip}/country"))` will get you the country code. — Mohammad Anini, Jul 20 '15 at 00:28

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 06 '12 at 06:03

You cannot determine the country or location of an IP address by simple inspection. You can lookup some information about it by sending it to a service like http://whatismyipaddress.com/ip/127.0.0.1 (where the ip address in question replaces 127.0.0.1). That service uses a variety of databases to arrive at a conclusion. It is not definitely correct, but often more correct than not.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 06 '12 at 06:20

If you require this functionality for commercial use, the solution is CountryHawk

http://www.cyscape.com/products/chawk/

You can use CountryHawk with PHP, provided you have the ability to run server side ActiveX or JavaBean components from PHP. If you have ActiveX support from within PHP use the ActiveX/.NET version of CountryHawk. Otherwise us the JavaBean version (CountryHawk4J).

Here is a snippet of code which demonstrates how to use CountryHawk from PHP with ActiveX support:

$countryObj = new COM("cyScape.CountryObj");
$countryObj->initialize(@$_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"]);
$userCountryCode = $countryObj->CountryCode;

How to convert ip_address to country in php

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