On 2011-10-24, at 9:07 PM, DealTek <deal...@gmail.com> wrote: > newbie question! > > Hi all, > > So, I had - Geo IP Location - installed for me on my VPS server by a network > tech > > http://us3.php.net/manual/en/book.geoip.php > > > then I used: > > geoip_country_name_by_name(xxx) to display the country by name > > basically works ok - however a few people say that my page: > > 1- will display their remote ip with $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; > > 2- ! but for some - the country name is blank.... ! (defeats the whole > purpose) > > - I am not sure how: Geo IP Location actually works... > > Q: Am I correct in assuming that when a country name does NOT show - is it > because that particular IP is NOT seen by Geo IP Location? > > We just installed the latest version (I think) yesterday.... > > Is it reading from some old outdated database - or ???? > > > > Q: Is there some code that can ALWAYS tell the country name of the IP? > > > > > -- > Thanks, > Dave - DealTek > deal...@gmail.com > [db-11] > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >
Dave, If the IP is showing, could there be some left over debug in some function? If the IP is not in your list it could be anything from a new range for a region to IP spoofing or some anonymizer or even an old DB Bastien Koert 905-904-0334 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
