RE: [PHP] IP Geolocation Scripts
| From: | Brad Fuller | Date: | Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:23:26 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] IP Geolocation Scripts | ||
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Brown [mailto:parasane@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 12:08 PM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: [PHP] IP Geolocation Scripts
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations for existing open source PHP
> scripts that use IP Geolocation? I was looking into creating a hook to
> use
> hostip.info's API, but it's still too new, and I've already had to add
> three
> IP address and a netblock.
>
> --
> Daniel P. Brown
> [office] (570-) 587-7080 Ext. 272
> [mobile] (570-) 766-8107
There was some discussion about this on this list not long ago, check the
archives.
Basically, if you want reliable data you're looking at a fee-based
subscription service. Even the best (most expensive) subscription services
are only about ~85% accurate on a city level in the U.S.
-B