Re: How to find out what country the visitor comes from
| From: | Analysis and Solutions | Date: | Thu, 07 Feb 2002 15:01:30 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: How to find out what country the visitor comes from | ||
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Hi:
SED wrote:
>
> I'm trying to find out what country the visitor comes from to offer them
> suitable language
> $HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR
> or
> gethostbyaddr($REMOTE_ADDR)
Domain names and IP's are NOT the way to go. Way to unreliable. Use the
HTTP header HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE.
Take it easy,
--Dan
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