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Step 1. Download database and PHP file

Download GeoLite Country (binary format), and extract the file GeoIP.dat.

• http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCountry/GeoIP.dat.gz

Download geoip.inc.

• https://www.maxmind.com/download/geoip/api/php-20120410/geoip.inc

Upload them to your server

Step 2. The Code

Include the library and open the geoip database:

// include the php script
include("geoip.inc");

// open the geoip database
$gi = geoip_open("GeoIP.dat",GEOIP_STANDARD);

//$ipAddress = '165.69.10.27'; // news.com.au
//$ipAddress = '202.21.128.102'; // stuff.co.nz
//$ipAddress = '212.58.251.195'; // bbc.co.uk
$ipAddress = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; // user IP address

// to get country code
$country_code = geoip_country_code_by_addr($gi, $ipAddress);
echo "Your country code is: $country_code <br/>";

// to get country name
$country_name = geoip_country_name_by_addr($gi, $ipAddress);
echo "Your country name is: $country_name <br/>";

// close the database
geoip_close($gi);