Net_GeoIP::lookupLocation()
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Net_GeoIP::lookupLocation()

Net_GeoIP::lookupLocation() – returns the location record for specified IP address

Synopsis

require_once "Net/GeoIP.php";

object lookupLocation() ( string $addr )

Description

This method returns an instance of Net_GeoIP_Location for the specified IP address. It works only with a non-free City database.

Looking up the location record

<?php
require_once "Net/GeoIP.php";

$geoip = Net_GeoIP::getInstance("/path/to/geoipdb.dat");

try {
    $location = $geoip->lookupLocation($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);

    var_dump($location);

    printf("City: %s, %s\nLatitude: %s, Longitude: %s\n",
           $location->city, $location->region,
           $location->latitude, $location->longitude);

} catch (Exception $e) {
    // Handle exception
}
?>

Parameter

Throws

This method throws an exception if the IP address is invalid.

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