wright67uk Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 How is it possible for a website to know my physical location? Some websites I've seen will have ads such as; meet singles in "HOMETOWNGOESHERE" I'm guessing this kind of info is found from my Ip address? Has anyone ever done anything like this in php, I'm interested to know how this works. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/245864-websites-that-know-your-physical-location/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I'm guessing this kind of info is found from my Ip address? That would be correct. Has anyone ever done anything like this in php, I'm interested to know how this works. Have you done any Googling? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/245864-websites-that-know-your-physical-location/#findComment-1262781 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wright67uk Posted August 28, 2011 Author Share Posted August 28, 2011 Yes I have but I seem to learn things I've found on Google, only to come on here realising I've learnt things arse about face. I'm not expecting a page of code but rather the theory behind the correct way of finding out which town my user is sitting in Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/245864-websites-that-know-your-physical-location/#findComment-1262787 Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 It should be pretty well explained in the manual. http://php.net/manual/en/book.geoip.php Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/245864-websites-that-know-your-physical-location/#findComment-1262792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
voip03 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I am working on user shopping habit VS localisation. You can start with Google localisation to develop your project. You will face hurdles with proxy server users; at this time come to us. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/245864-websites-that-know-your-physical-location/#findComment-1262804 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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