Question

I’m currently trying to extract the values of following API call:
http://api.hostip.info/get_html.php?ip=12.215.42.19&position=true

The result should maybe be an array like:

$my = array(
    'country_name' => 'UNITED STATES',
    'country_iso' => 'US',
    'city_name' => 'Sugar Grove, IL',
    'latitude' => 41.7696,
    'longitude' => -88.4588
);

Anyone has a clever regexp to make this happen?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

$response = file('http://api.hostip.info/get_html.php?ip=12.215.42.19&position=true');
foreach ($response as $line) {
    $line = trim($line);
    if (!empty($line)) {
        $parts = explode(': ', $line);
        $array[$parts[0]] = $parts[1];
    }
}

print_r($array);

Output:

Array
(
    [Country] => UNITED STATES (US)
    [City] => Sugar Grove, IL
    [Latitude] => 41.7696
    [Longitude] => -88.4588
    [IP] => 12.215.42.19
)