One you have the IP you need to do a whois on the RIPE database to work out who the IP is assigned to and which country they are in.
-- Jon Farmer Systems Programmer, Entanet www.enta.net Tel 01952 428969 PGP Key available, send email with subject: Send PGP Key ----- Original Message ----- From: "SED" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 12:11 PM Subject: [PHP] How to find out what country the visitor comes from > Hi, > > I'm trying to find out what country the visitor comes from to offer them > suitable language (like google.com does) but I haven't found a method > that works 100%. What I have come up with so far is to use > > $HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR > > or > > gethostbyaddr($REMOTE_ADDR) > > Sometime I get domain which does the job (and that works) but often I > get just IP number which leaves me out in the cold. Is there any other > way to capture the visitors country? > > Thanks, > SED > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
