How To Detect Middle Eastern Users Using PHP

isMENA-function-example.php

<?php
if(isMENA()){
	echo '<img src="/images/mena-image.png" alt="MENA Image" />';
} else {
	echo '<img src="/images/other-image.png" alt="Other Image" />';
}

isMENA-function.php

<?php
function isMENA($ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']) {
	/* pull the xml */
	$url = 'https://api.hostip.info/?ip=' . $ip;
	$xml = simplexml_load_file($url);
	
	/* parse the result */
	$country = (array) $xml->children('gml', true)->featureMember->children()->Hostip->countryName;
	$country = $result['country'][0];
	
	/* return true or false */
	return in_array($country, [
		'ALGERIA', 'BAHRAIN', 'EGYPT', 'IRAN', 'IRAQ', 'ISRAEL', 'JORDAN', 'KUWAIT', 'LEBANON', 'LIBYA',
		'MOROCCO', 'OMAN', 'PALESTINE', 'QATAR', 'SAUDI ARABIA', 'SYRIA', 'TUNISIA', 'UNITED ARAB EMIRATES',
		'YEMEN', 'ARMENIA', 'AZERBAIJAN', 'CYPRUS', 'DJIBOUTI', 'MALTA', 'MAURITANIA', 'SAHRAWI ARAB DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC',
		'SOMALIA', 'SUDAN', 'TURKEY',
	]);
}