Hello.
I am trying to get a city associated to an IP address from a php script, similar to what is shown in the second main image on this page:
http://www.danasoft.com/
Anyone know how to do that?
Billy3
Full Version: Finding A City Based On Ip
Sure. Easy as pie. One looks for a web service that returns a location based on ISP. Popfly has a block that does just that.
Hello, groovicus.
Thanks for the heads up.
Alright... this is way more work than I should be pouring into a forum signature
It seems about half the services I find think I'm located in Memphis.
I tried popfly's module, but it only outputs lattitude and longitude, not city.
Don't worry about it, it's not a big deal It appears I can mimic the first image on that site, but not the second without paying for a database, or spending a lot of time coding stuff.
Since you're an admin:
Does BC.com have a policy for or against these type of things?
I have it in my signature to emphasize the security aspects of using the internet, but if there's a problem, I don't want to leave something there that will be considered bad
http://billy-oneal.com/Dynamic/someimage.php
(MOD_REWRITE redirects from http://billy-oneal.com/Dynamic/sig.png as well)
Billy3
Thanks for the heads up.
Alright... this is way more work than I should be pouring into a forum signature
It seems about half the services I find think I'm located in Memphis.
I tried popfly's module, but it only outputs lattitude and longitude, not city.
Don't worry about it, it's not a big deal
It appears I can mimic the first image on that site, but not the second without paying for a database, or spending a lot of time coding stuff.Since you're an admin:
Does BC.com have a policy for or against these type of things?
I have it in my signature to emphasize the security aspects of using the internet, but if there's a problem, I don't want to leave something there that will be considered bad
http://billy-oneal.com/Dynamic/someimage.php
(MOD_REWRITE redirects from http://billy-oneal.com/Dynamic/sig.png as well)
Billy3
No, but it really freaks people out when one does that. Those type of signatures were really popular a few years ago. Besides, your rationale of "highlighting security risks" is not a valid argument. Knowing someone's IP address is in no way a security risk, so why insinuate something that is not true? In other words, it is a bad idea, and I don't want to have to deal with the flood of pms from people concerned that you somehow 'hacked' into their computers, or worried that you are some sort of a cyber-stalker.
THe correct block to use is the Host-to-IP block, and it outputs city, state, country, latitude, and longitude. I used it in a mashup, and it works just fine.
THe correct block to use is the Host-to-IP block, and it outputs city, state, country, latitude, and longitude. I used it in a mashup, and it works just fine.
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Besides, your rationale of "highlighting security risks"
I know that's not a security risk. I do, however, think that they should know that information is posted by their browser everywhere they go.
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I don't want to have to deal with the flood of pms from people concerned that you somehow 'hacked' into their computers, or worried that you are some sort of a cyber-stalker.
Removing now.... Done.
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...Host-to-IP block...
Thanks!
Billy3
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