Re: [PHP] Re: geolocation

2008-09-21 Thread Per Jessen
Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2008-09-02 15:05:05, schrieb clive: Hi, Have any developed a site that determines a users location based on IP address, Im not looking for accurate locations, just what country they are coming from. I know I could possible get a list of IP blocks allocated to

Re: [PHP] Re: geolocation

2008-09-21 Thread Michael Kubler
This is a slightly OT but along the same lines. I've found that the main way that ISP's and large content hosts control who can access their site and from where is by using BGP routing (Border Gateway Protocol), and other advanced things that are beyond the control of the majority of webserver

Re: [PHP] Re: geolocation

2008-09-21 Thread tedd
At 9:56 AM +0200 9/21/08, Per Jessen wrote: Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2008-09-02 15:05:05, schrieb clive: Hi, Have any developed a site that determines a users location based on IP address, Im not looking for accurate locations, just what country they are coming from. I know I could

[PHP] Re: geolocation

2008-09-20 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-09-02 15:05:05, schrieb clive: Hi, Have any developed a site that determines a users location based on IP address, Im not looking for accurate locations, just what country they are coming from. I know I could possible get a list of IP blocks allocated to countries or make use

[PHP] Re: geolocation

2008-09-20 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-09-02 09:08:50, schrieb Schiz0: I use the GeoIP libraries. They work perfectly. YOu just need to install the pecl-GeoIP package, then make sure you keep the binary database up-to-date (from www.maxmind.com). http://php.net/geoip How does ths work with Compuserver or ALOL or even my

[PHP] Re: geolocation

2008-09-02 Thread zerof
clive escreveu: Hi, Have any developed a site that determines a users location based on IP address, Im not looking for accurate locations, just what country they are coming from. I know I could possible get a list of IP blocks allocated to countries or make use of some web server to get