davefootball123 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Hello. I was wondering what the most accurate way to determine a users location was using php. The W3C geolocation api is exactly what I was looking for in terms of accuracy but it is javascript based. If anyone has any recommendations on the most accurate way to get a users location via php...that would be awesome. Dave, Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/274830-most-accurate-geolocation-service/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
requinix Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 A correction to what you've said in a couple places: You are not using the "W3C geolocation API". It is not provided by the W3C. You aren't getting data from them. They made a standard for how one can write Javascript to try to get geolocation information, but that information is actually coming from the browser. The browser will do whatever it wants to try to get a location: maybe the user set it beforehand, maybe it does an IP address-based lookup, maybe it ties into GPS information available on the device, or maybe it says no and returns nothing. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/274830-most-accurate-geolocation-service/#findComment-1414241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefootball123 Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 (edited) A correction to what you've said in a couple places: You are not using the "W3C geolocation API". It is not provided by the W3C. You aren't getting data from them. They made a standard for how one can write Javascript to try to get geolocation information, but that information is actually coming from the browser. The browser will do whatever it wants to try to get a location: maybe the user set it beforehand, maybe it does an IP address-based lookup, maybe it ties into GPS information available on the device, or maybe it says no and returns nothing. Thank you for clarifying that for me. However my question was...what is the most accurate way to do this in php? Edited February 22, 2013 by davefootball123 Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/274830-most-accurate-geolocation-service/#findComment-1414244 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barand Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 (edited) nm Edited February 22, 2013 by Barand Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/274830-most-accurate-geolocation-service/#findComment-1414258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 You can have the server request your location, I've done it for mobile websites. I'll have to lookup the code I used. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/274830-most-accurate-geolocation-service/#findComment-1414259 Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefootball123 Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 You can have the server request your location, I've done it for mobile websites. I'll have to lookup the code I used. That would be awesome Jessica. I have basically everything for the MYSQL query and all the code required to make the script work. Just need the most accurate and efficient way to get lat/lon Dave, Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/274830-most-accurate-geolocation-service/#findComment-1414292 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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