In this tutorial, you will learn how to get location, country name, city name, state or region name, latitude, longitude, country code, time zone, etc, from user or visitor IP address in PHP.
There are various info is available about geolocation in API response. Some of the most useful location details are:
- Country Name (
country_name) - Country Code (
country_code) - Region Code (
region_code) - Region Name (
region_name) - City (
city) - Zip Code (
zip_code) - Latitude (
latitude) - Longitude (
longitude) - Time Zone (
time_zone)
How to Get Location(Country, city Name), Latitude, Longitude from IP address in PHP
Use the following steps to get location, country name, city name, state or region name, latitude, longitude, country code, time zone, etc, from IP address in PHP:
- Step 1 – Include API in the PHP File
- Step 2 – Get Geolocation of User By IP Address
Step 1 – Include API in PHP File
Include geolocation API in your index.php file, and pass the user IP address in it:
http://www.geoplugin.net/json.gp?ip=" . $ip
Step 2 – Get Geolocation of User By IP Address
Call geolocation API and fetch user country name, city name, state or region name, latitude, longitude, country code, time zone, etc, from IP address:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<?php
//static ip address
$ip = "52.25.109.230";
//Get IP Address of User in PHP
//$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
//call api
$url = file_get_contents("http://www.geoplugin.net/json.gp?ip=" . $ip);
//decode json data
$getInfo = json_decode($url);
print_r($getInfo);
//print the array to see the fields if you wish.
echo "<table border='1' width='50%' align='center'><tr><td>COUNTRY:</td><td>";
echo $getInfo->geoplugin_countryName;
echo "</td></tr><tr><td>CITY:</td><td>";
echo $getInfo->geoplugin_city;
echo "</td></tr><tr><td>STATE OR REGION:</td><td>";
echo $getInfo->geoplugin_region;
echo "</td></tr><tr><td>IP ADDRESS:</td><td>";
echo $getInfo->geoplugin_request;
echo "</td></tr><tr><td>COUNTRY CODE:</td><td>";
echo $getInfo->geoplugin_countryCode;
echo "</td></tr><tr><td>LATITUTE:</td><td>";
echo $getInfo->geoplugin_latitude;
echo "</td></tr><tr><td>LONGITUDE:</td><td>";
echo $getInfo->geoplugin_longitude;
echo "</td></tr><tr><td>TIMEZONE:</td><td>";
echo $getInfo->geoplugin_timezone;
echo "</td></tr><tr></table>";
?>
</body>
</html>
The above PHP script call the API with IP address and returns the user’s City, State, Country, Country code, Latitude, Longitude, timezone, etc.
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