RE: [PEAR-DEV] Package Proposal Services_IP2Country

> I think the majority of the work for this application is the loading of > the data into a database and ensuring that it is constant. I'm not sure > that wrapping what is effectively a database lookup (ignoring the CSV > driver option) is worth an entire new package. Another point is that the > Services prefix seems to be reserved for Web Services [1] > > What about web services? I found a SOAP-compatible service here > [2] .This > might fit in better alongside Services_ExchangeRates and Services_Weather > IF you can find a reliable SOAP server (or choice of servers) for GeoIP > data. > > 1. > http://pear.php.net/packages.php?catpid=23&catname=Web+Services > 2. > Ò£saò) > Ž’F«„KÇ}http://www.xmlwebservices.cc/ws/v1/geoip/geoipconversion.asmx?op= > GetCountryFromIP We already have Net_Geo (basicly doing the same stuff using the CAIDA webservice). So, you'll better talk to Graeme Merrall about making the Net_Geo package supporting drivers. After creating driver support in the Net_Geo package, you've could create a driver to use the IP2Country database to lookup the IP. I'm not positive about adding the proposed package into pear. A side from that, what's the use of it? php.net is using this database to redirect the user to a local mirror, but i guess you don't have mirrors of you're site ;-) Regards, Dave