CodeIgniter Geolocation library allows you to locate an IP Address using "ipinfodb" API.
CodeIgniter Versoin >= 2.x.x
Copy the file config/geolocation.php to the application/config folder.
Copy the file libraries/geolocation.php to the application/libraries folder.
You need to subscribe to http://ipinfodb.com/register.php to get your API KEY and then,
Open application/config/geolocation.php and put it there :
$config['api_key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY';After that, you can call the library within your controller for instance like following :
$this->load->library('Geolocation');
$this->load->config('geolocation', true);
$config = $this->config->config['geolocation'];
$this->geolocation->initialize($config);
$this->geolocation->set_ip_address($ip); // IP to locate
// $this->geolocation->set_format('json');
// OR you can change the format within `config/geolocation.php` config file
$country = $this->geolocation->get_country();
var_dump($country);
// For more precision
$city = $this->geolocation->get_city();
if($city === FALSE)
var_dump($this->geolocation->get_error());
else
var_dump($city);You can change the result format within the config file, or leave it empty to return a PHP Array
Open application/config/geolocation.php :
$config['format'] = 'json'; // available format : xml|raw|json or empty for php arrayFor more information about the API please visit : http://ipinfodb.com