Re: Zip Search

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Tommy Pham <tommyhp2@gmail.com> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nathan Nobbe [mailto:quickshiftin@gmail.com] > > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 12:41 PM > > To: Jack > > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Zip Search > > > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Jack <DeWebDude@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello All, > > > > > > Can anyone recommend a good open source zip code search application > > and > > > database? > > > > > > > depends on what you want, u.s., canada & mexico are pretty easy to find > > but > > for other non domestic countries if you find something good feel free > > to > > share :) > > > > for a nice freebie that works on u.s. locations, snag the geoip > > extension > > from pecl - > > > > http://php.net/manual/en/book.geoip.php > > > > -nathan > > IIRC, geoip is lookup based on host name or IP address for country, region, > city, etc... similar to whois for DNS. I think the OP wants to look > geographic information, such as city, county, state/province, etc..., based > on a given zip code like 92723. > ahh, perhaps a hasty reply on my part - heres a nice freebie mentioned by geoip - http://geocoder.ibegin.com/downloads.php -nathan