JSON decode api from db-ip.com using PHP

Question

I have some problem with db-ip.com api that display info about visitor ip's. My script only print < pre > tags but nothing between. I need that all parameters from api are decoded and print, like from this link: http://db-ip.com/178.133.109.106. Please help me.

<?php

// get ip
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"];

}



$json_url = "http://api.db-ip.com/v2/free/$ip";
$json = file_get_contents($json_url);
$json=str_replace('}, ]',"} ]",$json);
$data = json_decode($json);

echo "<pre>";
print_r($data);
echo "</pre>";
?>

Possible duplicate of [Pretty-Printing JSON with PHP](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6054033/pretty-printing-json-with-php) — tshimkus, Mar 04 '19 at 18:16
That means `json_decode()` is getting an error. What does `json_last_error()` return? — Barmar, Mar 04 '19 at 18:16
Use `http:` instead of `https:`. You have to use the paid version to use HTTPS. But you should have gotten JSON with the error message. — Barmar, Mar 04 '19 at 18:19

Farid Vatani · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-04T22:57:30.950

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Try this code

<?php
    header('Content-Type: application/json');
    // get ip
    $ip = $_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'] ? $_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'] : ($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'] ? $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'] : $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']); //$ip = '178.133.109.106';

    $json_url = "http://api.db-ip.com/v2/free/$ip";
    $data = file_get_contents($json_url);
    print_r($data);

?>

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edited Mar 04 '19 at 22:57

answered Mar 04 '19 at 22:48

Farid Vatani

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Thank you, but... Script display this "SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data" – Катерина Мусакина Mar 05 '19 at 20:52
I tested this code and it works, but based on your Error, you probably have an unexpected character at the first line @КатеринаМусакина – Farid Vatani Mar 05 '19 at 23:19
you can see how it works here: http://taxi.ho.ua/g - this page have only your script – Катерина Мусакина Mar 07 '19 at 12:01

JSON decode api from db-ip.com using PHP

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