Need to set session if country is australia

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how can I check if the country is Australia? I need to set a session if country is Australia.

207.209.7.0   | 207.209.7.255

This is the range IP of australia.

How can I use $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] in that part without database, just a simple if statement

I have an online store, but i need to set a session if australia only. because i need to change the currency. Only Australia. — dora, Sep 01 '11 at 16:28

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 01 '11 at 16:20

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First off, you shoud know that this isn't guaranteed. People can get around it, data will never be 100% complete, etc.

Simply checking a block of IPs is not acceptable. You need to use a geolcation database, such as MaxMind's GeoIP. The free database is good enough for country-level geolocation.

answered Sep 01 '11 at 16:20

Brad

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is there a very simple way to detect if 1 country only.. thanks for your answer.. – dora Sep 01 '11 at 16:26
How is this database not simple? Do you have a question about it? There is example code on their site. – Brad Sep 01 '11 at 16:27

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

Check out this question about how to detect someone's location in php. Then add your condition.

Since you don't want to use a database I would recommend

$doc->loadXML(file_get_contents("http://api.ipinfodb.com/v2/ip_query.php?key=your_key&ip=" . $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] . "&timezone=false")); 

$country = $doc->getElementsByTagName('CountryName')->item(0)->nodeValue;

if ($country == 'australia') {

    // set session
}

steveo225 · Answer 3 · 2011-09-01T16:31:06.730

If you absolutely know the ranges of valid IP Addresses, you could do something like:

function ip2number($IP) {
    $parts = explode('.', $IP);
    if(count($parts) != 4) return 0;
    return ($parts[3] + $parts[2] * 256 + $parts[1] * 256 * 256 + $parts[0] * 256 * 256 * 256);
}

$num = ip2number($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
if($num >= ip2number('207.209.7.0') && $num <= ip2number('207.209.7.255')) {
    echo "Valid";
}

Like Brad says though, it isn't guaranteed and there are ways around it, and you will have to keep up to date of the valid IP Address ranges.

Need to set session if country is australia

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