IP2Location (PHP Module)#
This is the official release maintained by IP2Location.com
This PHP module provides fast lookup of country, region, district, city, latitude, longitude, ZIP code, time zone, ISP, domain name, connection speed, IDD code, area code, weather station code, weather station name, MNC, MCC, mobile brand, elevation, usage type, address type, IAB category and ASN from IP address by using IP2Location database. This module uses a file based database available at IP2Location.com.
This module can be used in many types of projects such as:
select the geographically closest mirror
analyze your web server logs to determine the countries of your visitors
credit card fraud detection
software export controls
display native language and currency
prevent password sharing and abuse of service
geotargeting in advertisement
Free IP2Location LITE and commerical databases are available for download.
LITE database is available at https://lite.ip2location.com (Free with limited accuracy)
Commercial database is availabe at https://www.ip2location.com (Comprehensive with high accuracy)
Monthly update is available for both IP2Location LITE and commercial database.
KEY FEATURES#
Support both IPv4 and IPv6 with ease. If you would like to enable IPv6 support, you just need to replace your BIN file with IPv6 version. That’s it, and no code modification needed.
Extensible. If you require different granularity of IP information, you can visit IP2Location.com to download the relevant BIN file, and the information will made ready for you.
Comprehensive Information. There are more than 13 types of information that you can retrieve from an IP address. Please visit IP2Location.com for details.