RE: [PEAR-DEV] Package Proposal Services_IP2Country

> Dave Mertens wrote: > > 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 ;-) > > It can be used in several ways. I have had some annoying situations > where reverse dns was broken, and my nice pie chart used for graphing > where visitors to my site have come from simply has one big "unknown" > block. This package would fix that. The idea of pear is to make > something that sites larger than 3 or 4 pages can re-use, so the > question of mirrors is quite relevant. > > I'd like to see this functionality available for installation somewhere > that the pear installer knows about, perhaps you and Mika could > collaborate? > Well, that's why i proposed to make Net_Geo a bit more universal. Net_Geo can also return the country based on IP (aswell on AS-number). If Net_Geo could support both CAIDA and ip2country, than things would be solved, right? They both do the same thing (based on an IP they return information).. Regards, Dave