Re: [PHP] Re: ip to country

2004-03-21 Thread Chris Shiflett
--- Tom Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would think using HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE to get the users browser language/country info would be quicker and easier to implement. This is definitely the best way to get the language. You're right about that. However, this is not the user's question: I

Re: [PHP] Re: ip to country

2004-03-21 Thread Chris Shiflett
--- Filip de Waard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Using HTTP headers to identify the country where a visitor comes from is totally inaccurate. That's not really very fair to HTTP. There is no header that identifies the country, so it's not inaccurate - it doesn't exist. :-) Trying to accurately

Re: [PHP] Re: ip to country

2004-03-21 Thread Filip de Waard
On Mar 21, 2004, at 10:38 PM, Chris Shiflett wrote: --- Filip de Waard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Using HTTP headers to identify the country where a visitor comes from is totally inaccurate. That's not really very fair to HTTP. There is no header that identifies the country, so it's not inaccurate -

Re: [PHP] Re: ip to country

2004-03-21 Thread Chris Shiflett
--- Filip de Waard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I posted the HTTP header that my own browser is using to identify it's language as an example to prove that Accept-Language isn't the right source to identify the visitors language or even his home country. It's definitely not the way to

[PHP] Re: ip to country

2004-03-20 Thread Manuel Lemos
On 03/20/2004 06:48 PM, Enda Nagle wrote: I have a site that will have different pricing by world region / country and also offer different currencies. Presently, the user has to select their country from a select menu and submit the form, but I would like to eliminate this step if possible, and

Re: [PHP] Re: ip to country

2004-03-20 Thread Marek Kilimajer
Manuel Lemos wrote: On 03/20/2004 06:48 PM, Enda Nagle wrote: I have a site that will have different pricing by world region / country and also offer different currencies. Presently, the user has to select their country from a select menu and submit the form, but I would like to eliminate this

Re: [PHP] Re: ip to country

2004-03-20 Thread Filip de Waard
On Mar 21, 2004, at 1:01 AM, Marek Kilimajer wrote: Manuel Lemos wrote: On 03/20/2004 06:48 PM, Enda Nagle wrote: I have a site that will have different pricing by world region / country and also offer different currencies. Presently, the user has to select their country from a select menu and

[PHP] Re: ip to country

2004-03-20 Thread Tom Reed
I would think using HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE to get the users browser language/country info would be quicker and easier to implement. Example: $string = getenv('HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'); list($language, $country) = split('[-,]', $string); -Tom Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] Enda Nagle [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [PHP] Re: ip to country

2004-03-20 Thread Filip de Waard
On Mar 21, 2004, at 3:27 AM, Tom Reed wrote: I would think using HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE to get the users browser language/country info would be quicker and easier to implement. Using HTTP headers to identify the country where a visitor comes from is totally inaccurate. My browser identifies itself