How to redirect users to a directory based on Country in Laravel

Question

I would like a user from different country to be redirected to a set directory in Laravel.

I have tried this URL redirecting base on information seen here, using:

RewriteCond %{ENV:IP2LOCATION_COUNTRY_SHORT} ^DE$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.com/germany [L]

Now it not working. Please how can I work it out?

The question is tagged with JavaScript and PHP, which is it, client or server-side? You should share a snippet of your code, showing what you've tried and what isn't working. — Alicia Sykes, Apr 20 '22 at 13:49
We are really going to need a bit more information that that to be able to give a sensible optionion — RiggsFolly, Apr 20 '22 at 13:49
PLEASE, put extra informaiton into the question where we can actually read it — RiggsFolly, Apr 20 '22 at 13:50
@RiggsFolly Am just asking how I can redirect a visitor to a directory based on his country! — Syntax Byte Solutions, Apr 20 '22 at 13:52
RiggsFolly is saying to [edit your question](https://stackoverflow.com/posts/71940894/edit) and add that information, not post it in the comments. — Tim Lewis, Apr 20 '22 at 13:54
How are you getting said country information? Since you tagged Laravel the easy way to do this would be a middleware on your route and then shoot them to whatever view you want them to see. — , Apr 20 '22 at 13:57
Thank you. Please do that first next time; code in the comments are hard to read, but if you post it into your question, you can properly format it with syntax highlighting, etc. — Tim Lewis, Apr 20 '22 at 13:59
@TimLewis And thats what I asked the OP to do if you read my comment :) — RiggsFolly, Apr 20 '22 at 14:50
@RiggsFolly Oh yeah, I totally understood that, but apparently I had to reiterate that for them to understand it We're on the same page lol — Tim Lewis, Apr 20 '22 at 14:52
@Syntax Byte Solutions - Did either of the below answers help? If so, you should accept one, to help future users find the answer. — Alicia Sykes, May 03 '22 at 12:35

Alicia Sykes · Answer 1 · 2022-04-20T14:08:27.520

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Step #1 - Get IP Address

Step one is easy enough

$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']

Actually, this may not be the most accurate method. But this is covered in more detail in this thread

Step #2 - Get Region from IP

The only way to associate an IP with a region, is to use a third-party service. For example, ipinfo.io.

$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$details = json_decode(file_get_contents("http://ipinfo.io/{$ip}/json"));
echo $details->region; // E.g. england.

Step #3 - Redirect Page

Finally, you can then redirect the user using the above result.

switch ($region) {
  case 'england':
    header("Location: https://somewhere/england",TRUE,301);
    exit;
    break;
  case 'spain':
    header("Location: https://somewhere/spain",TRUE,301);
    exit;
    break;
  case 'germany':
    header("Location: https://somewhere/germany",TRUE,301);
    exit;                 
    break;
  default:
    header("Location: https://somewhere/england",TRUE,301);
    exit;
    break;
  }
}

edited Apr 20 '22 at 14:08

answered Apr 20 '22 at 13:56

Alicia Sykes

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Please where do I put this code inside Laravel project – Syntax Byte Solutions Apr 20 '22 at 14:00
I do not know what your project looks like! You're going to need to share more info. – Alicia Sykes Apr 20 '22 at 14:02
Thank you. I don't really know what to share but my project is pure Laravel Framework – Syntax Byte Solutions Apr 20 '22 at 14:08
You need to put this code, where you want the redirects to happen... I can give you more detailed examples, if you update your question with more info. If my answer has helped you, then consider accepting it – Alicia Sykes Apr 20 '22 at 14:10
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@SyntaxByteSolutions If this is a Laravel project, you would have a Route associated with each Country, like `Route::get('/{country}', ...);` This would then make more sense as a Middleware, where it detects your IP and redirects accordingly. Please review the documentation: https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/middleware – Tim Lewis Apr 20 '22 at 14:11

How to redirect users to a directory based on Country in Laravel

1 Answers1

Step #1 - Get IP Address

Step #2 - Get Region from IP

Step #3 - Redirect Page