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Sat, 14 December 2013 15:32

Lew Pitcher
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On Saturday 14 December 2013 08:43, in comp.lang.php, "nawfer"
<novalidsforspam(at)alt(dot)al> wrote:

> which code to use for send page
> x
> y
> z
> depending by user's nation?

It is not possible to do this *reliably*.

You can /infer/ location (and, thus, country) from the client's IP address
($_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"]) and various third-party tools, but this location
is often practically inaccurate, and is theoretically not usable at all.

As for techniques and third-party tools, Let Me Google That For You
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=IP+geolocation

Please note that it *is possible* to have, for instance, an IP address
nominally from a European source, originating from North America, or vice
versa. And, let's not forget tools like Tor, that provide "country-local"
IP addresses for remote systems, by way of an encrypted piping mechanism.

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		recognize country By: nawfer on Sat, 14 December 2013 13:43
		Re: recognize country By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 14 December 2013 13:58
		Re: recognize country By: nawfer on Sun, 15 December 2013 10:16
		Re: recognize country By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 15 December 2013 13:37
		Re: recognize country By: The Natural Philosoph on Sat, 14 December 2013 15:27
		Re: recognize country By: Lew Pitcher on Sat, 14 December 2013 15:32
		Re: recognize country By: Christoph Michael Bec on Sat, 14 December 2013 18:55
		Re: recognize country By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 14 December 2013 19:52
		Cross-Posting (was: recognize country) By: Christoph Michael Bec on Sat, 14 December 2013 20:57
		Re: Cross-Posting By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 14 December 2013 21:20
		Re: Cross-Posting By: Christoph Michael Bec on Sat, 14 December 2013 22:25
		Re: Cross-Posting By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 14 December 2013 22:36
		Re: Cross-Posting By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sat, 14 December 2013 21:38
		Re: Cross-Posting By: Christoph Michael Bec on Sat, 14 December 2013 22:31
		Re: Cross-Posting By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sat, 14 December 2013 22:55
		Re: Cross-Posting By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 14 December 2013 23:08
		Re: Cross-Posting By: Christoph Michael Bec on Sat, 14 December 2013 23:35
		Re: Cross-Posting By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sun, 15 December 2013 00:13
		Re: recognize country By: Mr Oldies on Sat, 14 December 2013 23:56
		Re: recognize country By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 15 December 2013 00:09
		Re: recognize country By: nawfer on Sun, 15 December 2013 10:34
		Re: recognize country By: J.O. Aho on Sun, 15 December 2013 10:59
		Re: recognize country By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sun, 15 December 2013 11:05
		Re: recognize country By: Doug Miller on Sun, 15 December 2013 12:51
		Re: recognize country By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 15 December 2013 13:49
		Re: recognize country By: Tim Streater on Sun, 15 December 2013 13:13
		Re: recognize country By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 15 December 2013 13:50
		Re: recognize country By: Arno Welzel on Sun, 15 December 2013 14:22
		Re: recognize country By: The Natural Philosoph on Sun, 15 December 2013 15:35
		Re: recognize country By: Evan Platt on Sun, 15 December 2013 05:35
		Re: recognize country By: Doug Miller on Sun, 15 December 2013 12:42
		Re: recognize country By: Denis McMahon on Sun, 15 December 2013 15:21

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