How to get country name from an IP address using PHP without using a commercial GeoIP Region Edition?
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How to get country name from an IP address using PHP without using a commercial GeoIP Region Edition?
I don’t think you can do it simply using PHP, but I have found a free API solution that you can use. It requires simple post and response.
http://www.hostip.info/use.html
example post:
http://api.hostip.info/get_html.php?ip=12.215.42.19
example response:
Country: UNITED STATES (US)
City: Sugar Grove, IL