IP and countries

[shank888]

Hey all I have a couple questions.

 

First off is I would like to get a users IP address and send it into a MySQL database. is there a function to do this.

 

As well I would like to know if there is a PHP function that will automaticially generate a list of all the countries. I have search but have come up with nothing.

 

and another question lol sorry. I am wanting to use the IP address also to gather the country where the user is from and in a select menu select that country to be picked first for easy registration on my site or w/e. if anyone knows hwo to do that as well that will be really cool .

 

Thanx

[trq]

A users ip address can be found within the $_SERVER array. $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'].

 

As for the rest of your questions, take a look at the geoip extension.

[Fadion]

I am wanting to use the IP address also to gather the country where the user is from and in a select menu select that country to be picked first for easy registration on my site.

 

I wont bother so much for such an approach. It wont hurt users to select their country manually.

[shank888]

A users ip address can be found within the $_SERVER array. $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'].

 

As for the rest of your questions, take a look at the geoip extension.

 

I keep getting this error:

 

Fatal error: Call to undefined function geoip() in : FILENAME CENSORED

 

using:

 

<?php
$record = geoip('http://phpfreaks.com');
if ($record) {
    print_r($record);
}
?> 

[trq]

Is the geoip extension installed?