How get latitude and longitude by client ip?

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i use this function to get client IP it work

function get_client_ip() {
    $ipaddress = '';
    if ($_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'])
        $ipaddress = $_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'];
    else if($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'])
        $ipaddress = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'];
    else if($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED'])
        $ipaddress = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED'];
    else if($_SERVER['HTTP_FORWARDED_FOR'])
        $ipaddress = $_SERVER['HTTP_FORWARDED_FOR'];
    else if($_SERVER['HTTP_FORWARDED'])
        $ipaddress = $_SERVER['HTTP_FORWARDED'];
    else if($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])
        $ipaddress = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
    else
        $ipaddress = 'UNKNOWN';

    return $ipaddress; 
}

$ip = get_client_ip();

but how i can get latitude and longitude by sever side and not client side ?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1576423/whats-the-simplest-way-to-get-a-users-latitude-and-longitude-from-an-ip-addres — Ravi Patel, Mar 11 '14 at 11:09
The question you linked to isn't the same as this. This question is asking how to geolocate by IP server side, not client side. — David Barker, Apr 28 '14 at 21:34

score 6 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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PHP does not have the in-built support for that. You could make use of third party libraries like ip2location to grab the longitude and latitude from the ip address.

Sidenote : Determining the latitude - longitude through an IP Address may not fetch you accurate information.

Uses geoplugin.net. See if this suits you.

<?php
$new_arr[]= unserialize(file_get_contents('http://www.geoplugin.net/php.gp?ip='.$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']));
echo "Latitude:".$new_arr[0]['geoplugin_latitude']." and Longitude:".$new_arr[0]['geoplugin_longitude'];

OUTPUT :

Latitude:180.240601 and Longitude:12.9819

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Mar 11 '14 at 10:53

Shankar Narayana Damodaran

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is it opensource huh ? – Dimag Kharab Mar 11 '14 at 10:56
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Nope it is not. You need to purchase it. – Shankar Narayana Damodaran Mar 11 '14 at 10:56
Nothing as I know of mate. – Shankar Narayana Damodaran Mar 11 '14 at 11:00
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See my answer I am using it. And is opensource. – عثمان غني Mar 11 '14 at 11:01
@Echo where ?? provide link please – Dimag Kharab Mar 11 '14 at 11:02
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See my answer also with link http://in1.php.net/manual/en/book.geoip.php – عثمان غني Mar 11 '14 at 11:03
@Echo, However , that is not shipped with PHP , Its an extension anyway that is what my point is. – Shankar Narayana Damodaran Mar 11 '14 at 11:19
@ShankarDamodaran I have shared what I have in my knowledge. :) – عثمان غني Mar 11 '14 at 11:20
i dont understand how it help me? – user3405726 Mar 11 '14 at 11:25
@user3405726, See if that example suits you. – Shankar Narayana Damodaran Mar 11 '14 at 12:22

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 11 '14 at 12:27

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Best option from php.net which is also open source: Geo IP

You can install it using following steps. Which are given on the link I have provided:

Run these commands in terminal.

wget http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCity.dat.gz
gunzip GeoLiteCity.dat.gz
sudo mkdir -v /usr/share/GeoIP
sudo mv -v GeoLiteCity.dat /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIPCity.dat

sudo apt-get install php5-geoip

Hope it helps!!

edited Mar 11 '14 at 12:27

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answered Mar 11 '14 at 11:00

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thanks can you Expand? – user3405726 Mar 11 '14 at 11:27
FOllow the tutorial. You need to install geoIP first using terminal – عثمان غني Mar 11 '14 at 11:28
i checked there but i dont see there the function that give me latitude by ip that i get from my function on Top of page – user3405726 Mar 11 '14 at 11:34
It can give latitude lingitude by IP & Website address both. I am using it. – عثمان غني Mar 11 '14 at 11:36
Just use print_r(geoip_record_by_name('111.118.212.180')); or print_r(geoip_record_by_name('google.com')); after installing you will get to know. – عثمان غني Mar 11 '14 at 11:37
I tried to do this with python flask and the results didn't work. Since I was testing locally I guess it tried to use `127.0.0.1` as the IP – corvid Aug 02 '14 at 19:52

pulsar · Answer 3 · 2014-03-11T11:23:46.290

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For a quick, copy-and-paste solution, I have written code for accomplishing this task.

I use this function:

    function getUserIP()
    {
        $client  = @$_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'];
        $forward = @$_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'];
        $remote  = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

        if(filter_var($client, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP))
        {
            $ip = $client;
        }
        elseif(filter_var($forward, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP))
        {
            $ip = $forward;
        }
        else
        {
            $ip = $remote;
        }

        return $ip;
    }

    $ipAddr = getUserIP();

    $geoIP  = json_decode(file_get_contents("http://freegeoip.net/json/$ipAddr"), true);

    echo 'lat: ' . $geoIP['latitude'] . '<br />';
    echo 'long: ' . $geoIP['longitude'];

Outputs:

34.0731
118.3994

It uses the (free) freegeoip.net API which I have found to be extremely fast with a comprehensive database. Being free, it has a limit of 10000 requests per hour (just under 3 per second), which should suffice for most projects' needs.

edited Mar 11 '14 at 11:23

answered Mar 11 '14 at 11:06

pulsar

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this method is not Accurate – user3405726 Mar 11 '14 at 11:23
with this method i get latitude 31.5 but when i check in google map i get 32.564102 something like this – user3405726 Mar 11 '14 at 11:28
@user3405726, Can you give the IP Address ? – Shankar Narayana Damodaran Mar 11 '14 at 12:00
ip address 5.29.204.156 – user3405726 Mar 11 '14 at 12:14
this will be the nearest registered point in the database. it is accurate for _free_ software. if you want the _exact_ location, you will need to use GPS (not free) which does not rely on IP addresses. this is about as accurate you are going to get for IP addresses, which was your original request. – pulsar Mar 11 '14 at 12:32

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 11 '14 at 11:08

You should consider getting the exact location of the user from client side using Javascript API navigator.geolocation. The advantage of using this is, it will be accurate.

The issue with IP to Geo is that, there is no guarantee that the info will be accurate. It depends on how updated the data is.

On the other hand, the javascript API directly takes the geo based on GPS or Network address (whichever is accurate). But the user will have to give permission to access to his GPS.

You can use the Javascript (if user gives permission) or fall back to ip to geo conversion

How to Use

 if (navigator.geolocation && navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition) {
      navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function(position) {
          // save location by sending to server
      }, function() { alert("Couldn't get your position!"); });
 }

thanks but it have to be in server side because i filter in data base — user3405726, Mar 11 '14 at 11:26

How get latitude and longitude by client ip?

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Uses geoplugin.net. See if this suits you.