RE: [PHP] IP and countries -- Discussion Continues

If I log using the REMOTE_ADDR and resolving the address to a name, ie gethostbyaddr($REMOTE_ADDR) it gives me the remote name of each user, which usually includes a country, ie dm1-39.triode.net.au myangup0.connect.com.au tycho-165-227-58-95.tychonet.com etc etc Which to me would indicate country, ie Aus, Aus and USA ?? Is there more to this that I am missing ? Sure it may be possible for someone to log on to a remote server in a remote country and then issue a request for a web page, but the majority of people simply dial in and then surf, hence their ISP is the normal point of contact ? > -----Original Message----- > From: Maxim Maletsky [mailto:maxim.maletsky@japaninc.net] > Sent: Wednesday, 8 November 2000 14:02 > To: 'Duncan Hill'; Jordi Amorós > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP] IP and countries -- Discussion Continues > > > Hello, > > Me too, I was always asking this question myself; > > Let's say I have visitor's IP which I add to the database; > In the feature I want to find out where did the guy came from. > > Just resolving it's DNS will give me the domain name which > doesn't indicate > the country/continent at all... > > No, how can I "ping" his country? > > Is there a good way to find out a country by, maybe, > searching whois (or > anything else like whois, nic, apnic, whatever: the question > is right here) > for the IP and then knowing the format parse the output with > RegEx finding > the country's code. Now logically the country code is the one > submitted by > the IP owner as a part of _physical_ address. > > In this way the result could be very precise. > > > > > Is there any simpler way to do what I just tried to explain? > What is the best way to do that? > Who did it already? > Any services do that? > Any tutorials on this? > Any ideas of you gurus? > > > Regards, > Maxim Maletsky. > > > ========== > Original Discussion > ========== > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Duncan Hill [mailto:dhill@bajan.org] > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 2:20 AM > To: Jordi Amorós > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] IP and countries > > > On 2000-11-07, Jordi Amorós did say, > > > Hi, > > > > I'd like to know how can I get the countrie's range of IP. > > You'd have to start querying arin.net, ripe.net and apnic.net to name > a few. > > -- > > Sapere aude > My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely. > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >