geolocation

geolocation

function locate() {
		
		// first try to use geoIP library for IP address, since it uses it's own IP detection
		$ip = $_SERVER['GEOIP_ADDR'];

		if (empty($ip))
			$ip = self::ip_address();

		// if we're on the localhost inject an IP address
		if ($_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"] == "localhost")
			$ip = "76.109.14.196"; // Miami, FL
			// $ip = "24.44.58.79";    # Connecticut
			// $ip = "78.86.225.25";   # Great Britain

		// If we want to mimick being a foreign country we can create an IP cookie
		$ip = ! empty($_COOKIE["IP"]) ? $_COOKIE["IP"] : $ip;

		// default values (if nothing is found)
		$geo 				 = array();
		$geo['ip'] 			 = $ip;
		$geo['country_code'] = 'US';
		$geo['state'] 		 = NULL;

		// use geoip library if available
		$record = (is_callable('geoip_record_by_name')) ? geoip_record_by_name($ip) : array();
						 
		// use found values
		if (! empty($record))
			$geo = array_merge($geo, $record);
			 
		// debug info
		echo '<!-- Geolocation: '.print_r($geo, TRUE).' -->';
		
		return $geo;
		
	}