Question

I tried this tutorial http://tech.cibul.net/install-maxminds-geoip-ip-database-on-ubuntu-for-php/ and did everything from it. Compiled the geoip module and also the php extension on my Ubuntu 11.10 installation.

I also tried this more simpler terminal command

(sudo) apt-get install php5-geoip 

And it showed successful installation but when I try

geoip_record_by_name('127.0.0.1')

and it still gives nothing, i.e. no array at all.

Answer 1

Try a different IP address – for example 111.111.111.111 as you are checking your localhost (127.0.0.1) – it may not run locally anyway.

See geoip_record_by_name^Docs:

Returns the associative array on success, or FALSE if the address cannot be found in the database.

You get back FALSE because the address was not found in the database.